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Sep 23, 2008 5:34 pm US/Central
Family Says DPD Shooting Unjustified
By Marianne Martinez
DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
The family of a man shot and killed by a Dallas Police officer says the shooting was unjustified.
Now they want answers.
Both sides agree that the officer tried to stop Derrick Jones after a car crash.
There are different stories about what happened next.
The Dallas Police Department says Jones attacked the officer. They say Jones, who was 6'3" and 240 pounds, was punching the officer in the head. He hit the policeman so hard, the department says, that the officer drew his gun and fired because he thought he was about to be knocked unconscious by Jones' blows.
Jones' family says Derrick was nowhere near the officer and didn't attack him.
The family has hired attorney Michael Pezzulli. "What's troubling to me in this case is that if the eyewitnesses are correct and he wasn't anywhere near the officer," Pezzulli said, adding, "I don't understand why he was shot and killed."
Jones' mother, Lola, is heartbroken about the loss of her son. "They took a big part from me. It hurts," she said. "I can only go to the grave and talk to my son."
Dallas Police are conducting an internal investigation, the officer is on administrative leave and the case will be referred to the grand jury -- all of which are standard with any officer-involved shooting.
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