Erin L. Jones

How they died

Deadly force

Dodge City police officer Chris Tahah reportedly killed Erin L. Jones, his ex-girlfriend. During a taped interview, Tahah told investigators that he was upset after seeing Jones dancing with another man at Central Station, a bar in Dodge City. Talah later went to his apartment, changed into dark clothing, loaded three cartridges into his .270 Winchester short mag rifle, then drove and parked a short walk from Jones' residence. Talah waited in the alley behind Jones' house. After she'd come home, Tahah went into Jones' backyard, where he said he pointed the rifle at a window, then thought better of it and had begun to lower the gun when a round went off. Tahah got in his car and drove home. During his trial, Talah testified that he'd confessed to a crime he didn't commit. Talah was found guilty of Jones' murder in 2008, but the Kansas Supreme Court reversed the conviction in 2011 and ordered a new trial. In September 2011, a jury found Tahah guilty of first-degree murder and criminal discharge of a weapon at an occupied dwelling.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Erin L. Jones, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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