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Ohio deputy killed by father of 18-year-old fatally shot by police a day earlier
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 04 May 2025
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Lots of "manslaughter" and "involuntary manslaughter" in there. Firing a weapon hardly seems like "no intent to kill."
I looked at Erik Hernandez and only him, and I found out they originally charged him with second-degree murder, and after the whole trial it was the jury that couldn't decide.
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/former-colorado-police-officer-pleads-guilty-manslaughter-erik-hernandez/
I don't know how it lead from there to him pleading to manslaughter, but that's what happened. They charged him with murder (which sounds like the right charge).