Johnny Carnell Mathis

Deadly force

Police were called to a chaotic scene around 10 p.m., where there was an officer-involved shooting, police said. The man who was killed was an off-duty Dos Palos police officer Johnny Mathis. Police followed Mathis in a non-patrol car to a home before Mathis crashed the car into a garage. Mathis allegedly was acting intoxicated and shot his handgun numerous times at the police pursuing him before being shot in the head with a rifle by an officer during the standoff in the driveway.