OSCEOLA, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP) confirmed Tuesday officials determined police in Osceola were justified in a shooting that killed a man in early August.
In a statement to ABC24, ASP said "the prosecuting attorney deemed the shooting justified in a letter dated August 21." No further information was provided.
The Osceola Police Department (OPD) had asked Arkansas State Police’s Criminal Investigation Division to investigate the shooting that occurred outside a home on Donaldson Street in Osceola on Aug. 9, 2023.
ASP said OPD officers arrived at the home around 9:38 a.m. after finding a car there which had been driven by a suspect who reportedly pointed a rifle at an employee of a local convenience store earlier that morning. OPD officers said Keivion Jones, 33, of Osceola, left the residence and pointed a rifle at them. During the encounter, OPD officers fired their weapons, striking Jones, ASP said.
Jones died at the scene. Three officers there and the three people who lived in the home were unharmed, they said.