A South Florida jury found the North Miami Police officer seen on video shooting a Black mental health caretaker not guilty of culpable negligence.

According to The Associated Press, officer Jonathan Aledda was found not guilty on one charge of culpable negligence. However, the six-person jury — comprised of five men and one woman — determining Aledda's fate could not decide on a second negligence charge and two counts of attempted manslaughter, resulting in a hung jury.

Nearly three years ago, Aledda fired at caretaker Charles Kinsey, who was attempting to calm down client Arnaldo Rios Soto. The client, who reportedly has autism, was holding a toy truck at the time of the shooting.

Aledda testified he thought the toy was a gun and believed Soto was holding Kinsey hostage.

Footage captured on a bystander's cellphone from the July 2016 shooting showed Kinsey, who has since recovered, holding his hands up and complying with police orders. In the years following the shooting, a federal lawsuit was filed against the officer.

“Obviously he had his hands forward but he was becoming aggressive so I thought that he could shoot him at any moment,” Aledda said on the stand referring to Soto.

Despite his compliance and being unarmed, Aledda fired, striking Kinsey in the leg.

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Aledda told jurors he did not receive an additional radio call telling him that Soto had a toy, not a gun. This miscommunication served as the backbone of his defense. After realizing he shot Kinsey, he said he attempted to provide medical help.

“With a lot of power and authority also comes a lot of responsibility,” Miami-Dade Chief Assistant State Attorney Don Horn told jurors on Thursday. “The shots that Jonathan Aledda fired were not a misfire. Each shot was intentional while he was trying to kill Arnoldo Rios Soto. Each shot was unnecessary and unreasonable.”

Attorneys representing the beleaguered officer blamed the North Miami Police Department, faulty equipment and supervision as the primary reason for the shooting, reports CBS Miami.

“He had a life-and-death situation. He thought without question that Mr. Kinsey was going to die, be shot and murdered,” defense attorney Douglas Hartman told the jury.

In the meantime, a judge overseeing the case scheduled a hearing for March 27 to discuss if the state will retry Aledda on the previously mentioned counts.

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