John Mark Stevens

Deadly force

Deputies were dispatched to a disturbance at a residence around 1 a.m. and found John Mark Stevens, 41, with a pistol in his hand.Deputies negotiated with Stevens for nearly 45 minutes in his yard while Stevens held onto the gun and entered and exited an exterior shop next to his home. Stevens then started walking toward deputies who fired two bean bag rounds at Stevens to disarm him. He made it to cover and shot at them, at which point they shot and killed him.