BREAKING: Cop who placed Elijah McClain in a deadly chokehold is fired along with two of three cops

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BREAKING: Cop who placed Elijah McClain in a deadly chokehold is fired along with two of three cops seen laughing in photos as they re-enacted his death at the site of his killing after the third resigned

Elijah McClain, 23, was killed by three white policemen in Aurora, Colorado on August 24
He was walking home from a convenience store when someone called 911; three officers arrived on the scene
Jason Rosenblatt, Nathan Woodyard and Randy Roedema held McClain in a chokehold and McClain died
Three other officers - Jaron Jones, Erica Marrero and Kyle Dittrich - posed for a 're-enactment' photo
Jones resigned on Thursday, while Marrero and Dittrich were fired on Friday for their part in the staged scene
Rosenblatt did not participate in the staging of the pictures but was also fired on Friday for possessing them
The other two involved in McClain's killing - Woodyard and Roedema - remain on the Aurora police force

One of the Colorado policemen involved in the death of Elijah McClain last August has been fired after receiving photos of three officers mocking and re-enacting the killing, outside the 23-year-old's memorial.

The Aurora Police Department on Friday announced Jason Rosenblatt was fired, along with officers Erica Marrero and Kyle Dittrich for their involvement in the October 2019 incident.

A fourth officer, Jaron Jones, who also appeared in the images, resigned on Tuesday ahead of the pre-disciplinary hearing.

Rosenblatt, who was one of three Aurora cops involved in McClain's fatal arrest, did take part in the pictures but was terminated after receiving them in a text message and responding: 'HaHa'.

Aurora Interim Chief Vanessa Wilson publicly released the photos for the first time, which showed Jones pretending to put Dittrich in a chokehold while Marrero looks on and laughs.

All three officers were on duty and in uniform at the time.

They were taken two months after McClain, 23, a massage therapist who loved animals and who taught himself to play the guitar and the violin, died after cops held him in a chokehold on August 24.