Jason Simmons

Deadly force

Two detectives shot and killed Jason Simmons when he allegedly pointed a gun at them in a Dairy Queen parking lot. At about 8 p.m., police received a tip that Simmons had been involved in a burglary in the 1600 block of South 44th Street. Simmons was in a car when the detectives approached. The officers reported seeing a firearm in his waistband and that he aimed it at them before they shot him. Simmons was hit several times and was pronounced dead at the scene.