A important incident response staff is investigating an officer-involved capturing in Mesa County.
Simply after 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Mesa County sheriff deputies responded to the five hundred block of 31 ½ Street to contact a needed male suspect.
Based on a Saturday news release from the sheriff’s division, as soon as deputies made contact with the suspect, 56-year-old Ray Cox, he responded with drive and the deputies on the scene shot him.
Paramedics transported Cox to the hospital the place he was later discharged and booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility on prices of assaulting a peace officer and legal mischief.
The deputies concerned have been positioned on paid administrative go away, the usual protocol for officer-involved shootings, whereas the investigation takes place, Monday’s news release stated.
Based on the discharge, the findings can be turned over to the twenty first Judicial District Legal professional’s Workplace for evaluate.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace can be answerable for releasing the names of the concerned deputies.
All officer-involved shootings in Mesa County are investigated by the twenty first Judicial District Vital Incident Response Staff, which is comprised of representatives of the Grand Junction Police Division, Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace, Fruita Police Division, Palisade Police Division, Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Division of Corrections, twenty first Judicial District Legal professional’s Workplace, and Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
As a result of Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace personnel have been concerned on this incident, the Grand Junction Police Division is main this investigation on behalf of CIRT.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t reply to a number of requests for remark.
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