The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office has concluded that the 2022 killing of a 51-year-old man by sheriff’s deputies in Discovery Bay was “necessary and lawful.”
Deputies from the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed Robert Steven Jones when he allegedly pointed an archery rifle at them.
Authorities were called to a domestic disturbance at 8:44 p.m. March 22, 2022, at a home in the 8000 block of Westport Circle.
As an officer spoke to Jones through a screen door, Jones allegedly took out a knife and raised it over his head, prompting deputies to command him to drop it.
The Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that Jones then “brandished what appeared to be a rifle at the deputies, who retreated to safe distance away from the residence to set up a perimeter.”
As more deputies and Oakley police officers arrived at the scene a short while later, Jones exited the home, walking toward officers while allegedly pointing the weapon at them.
“They attempted to deescalate the situation by giving him numerous commands to put his weapon down,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement in the days following the shooting. “He refused to comply and advanced on the deputies and officers who discharged their firearms striking the man.”
Emergency personnel attempted life-saving measures, but Jones later died at a hospital.
Police said Jones carried a Umarex AirJavelin Archery Rifle that propels arrows up to 300 feet per second.
The District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday its Law Enforcement Involved Fatal Incident (LEIFI) report dictates no charges will be brought against any of the officers involved.
“In the case of Robert Jones, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s legal analysis determined that the officers’ use of deadly force on March 22nd, 2022, was necessary and lawful to defend themselves against an imminent threat of death — and to defend others against death or bodily
Harm,” the statement said. “Therefore, no further action will be taken in this case.”
A LEIFI report summarizes the district attorney’s independent criminal investigation, including a summary of an autopsy, the outcome of a coroner’s inquest, a legal analysis of the facts, and a determination of criminal liability.
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JUSTIFIED. ..”LAWFUL AND NECESSARY”.
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Liberals would call the Umarex a scary “assault bow”.
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Silly liberals!
That’s called suicide by cop…
He didn’t have the balls to put his own gun up to his head
He must have been white then. If they deemed it necessary and justifiable. No other way around it.
I don’t know what color he was but I seriously doubt he was black otherwise or would have been riots protests and all sorts of other stuff going on and BLM would have held a national parade in Antioch.
Obviously.
Otherwise John Burris would have set up a command post and held a press conference. Reverend Al Sharpton would have held a publicity tour, and Kamala Harris would have funded bail for arrested protesters.
This is news because a criminal actually received a punishment? We should review every time a police officer arrests someone. Who gives them the right to stop crime and protect their lives while doing it?
That’s one good decision.
That POS and the system wasted a bunch of our tax payer money. Money/Resources that could have been used for other things.
Those Umarex air rifles will no doubt kill a man. It is a deadly weapon. Suicide by cop?