Aaron Cody Smith, 31, was sentenced to 14 years in 2019 for manslaughter in the 2016 death of 59-year-old Gregory Gunn.

Aaron Cody Smith was calm, with his arms crossed as the judge announced the plea. When it was over, the Smith family was visibly happy while the Gunn family showed disappointment in the decision.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Former Montgomery police officer Aaron Cody Smith is out of prison.His release came less than 24 hours after he agreed to a deal with Alabama’s attorney general.

In January 2020, Aaron Cody Smith was sentenced to 14 years in prison after chasing and tasing Gunn in a west Montgomery neighborhood in the early hours of Feb. 25, 2016, before fatally shooting him.

Three years ago, a Dale County jury convicted Aaron Cody Smith of manslaughter in the death of Gregory Gunn after an encounter in a Montgomery neighborhood on Feb. 25, 2016. A judge sentenced ...

The Alabama Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by former Montgomery police officer Aaron “Cody” Smith to overturn his conviction, though several justices expressed doubts about the ...

This city killed him,” Kimberly Gunn, whose brother, Greg Gunn, was shot and killed by Officer Aaron Cody Smith on Feb. 25, 2016, told WSFA.