The convicted killer of Logan County Sheriff’s Deputy David Wade will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on the death penalty last week.

The jury which convicted Nathan Aaron Leforce, 47, of first-degree murder, first-degree armed robbery and theft of a motor vehicle last month deliberated for more than six hours Thursday without reaching a unanimous verdict on whether he should be put to death for the April 2017 shooting of Wade, a former Cashion police officer.

Under Oklahoma law, if a jury can’t agree on punishment “within a reasonable period of time” in a death penalty case, the judge is required to dismiss the jury and impose a sentence of life imprisonment, either with or without the possibility of parole.

District Judge Phillip Corley chose the latter punishment after jurors informed him they were deadlocked late Thursday night.

The Logan County jury did vote unanimously to sentence Leforce to 37 years for the armed robbery and 30 years for vehicle theft in the second stage of the lengthy trial process, before hearing witnesses from both the state and Leforce’s defense team during the death penalty phase.

Among those who testified were several members of Wade’s family, including his brother, Jerry Wade, who served with Wade in the Oklahoma National Guard when both were deployed to Bosnia as part of a global peacekeeping mission.

Leforce will be formally sentenced on all three felony convictions Sept. 20 in Logan County District Court.

Wade was part of a three-officer crew serving an eviction notice at a rural residence east of Mulhall and west of I-35 about 9 a.m. April 18, 2017.

Leforce, who was not the subject of the eviction notice, came out of the house and gave Wade his personal information, and then after Wade went to his truck to check for warrants walked back toward the house, Leforce opened fire.

According to trial testimony, four of the seven shots fired at close range struck Wade, one hitting the deputy in the face.

As fellow officers rushed to Wade’s assistance, Le-force fled in Wade’s patrol truck and drove to Smitty’s One Stop convenience store on Highway 33 just west of Langston, where he stole a woman’s car at gunpoint.

Wade was still conscious Center in Oklahoma City, where he died during surgery two hours later.

Leforce was arrested a few hours later, when he was found hiding in an outbuilding northeast of Guthrie.

A Guthrie native, Wade worked as a reserve officer for the Cashion Police Department before he was hired as a Logan County deputy.

His funeral at Lazy E Arena drew more than 1,000 mourners, including fellow law enforcement officers from across the state.