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Henry Lee Jones Jr.
United States · Aged 20 · Died 05/08/2011
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Jones was a passenger in a other involved in a police chase, fled on foot. North Little Rock Police Department officer Vincent Thornton found him hiding in a storage closet. Jones ran out of the closet, and Thornton said he shot Jones in the back during a struggle because he thought he saw a gun in Jones' hand. The "gun" turned out to be a cellphone. The shot paralyzed Jones from the waist down, and he died from complications June 17, 2013.
Alleged responsible partyNorth Little Rock Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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