At 9:27 pm, the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office responded to a domestic dispute on Westport Circle in the Town of Discovery Bay. The incident left at least one person shot.
According to preliminary information, this was an officer involved shooting.
As of 10:55 pm, the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office confirmed the shooting and said shooting protocol has been invoked and that the investigation is on going.
The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office is working a fatal officer involved shooting in Discovery Bay. Deputy Sheriffs were handling a domestic situation when a subject with a gun came at them forcing deputies to discharge their firearms. More information later.
UPDATE: Photo of weapon that the subject pointed at deputy sheriffs. Oakley Police Department is also involved in the officer involved shooting. Investigation ongoing.
Wednesday Update: Investigation into Officer-Involved Shooting in Discovery Bay
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff, Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office, and the Oakley Police Department continue to investigate the Discovery Bay officer-involved shooting per the county law enforcement involved fatal incident protocol.
Last night, March 22, 2022, at about 8:44 PM, deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a domestic disturbance at a residence on the 8000 block of Westport Circle in Discovery Bay. After speaking to the caller, a deputy attempted to talk to a man in the residence. As deputies tried to speak to him through a screen door, the man took out a knife and raised it over his head. Deputies commanded him to drop the knife. The man then brandished what appeared to be a rifle at the deputies, who retreated to safe distance away from the residence to set up a perimeter.
A short while later, as other deputies and Oakley police officers arrived at the scene, the man came out of the residence with the weapon raised and pointed as he walked toward the deputies and officers on the street. They attempted to de-escalate the situation by giving him numerous commands to put his weapon down. He refused to comply and advanced on the deputies and officers who discharged their firearms striking the man. They immediately requested an ambulance and the fire department to respond and began performing life-saving measures. The man was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
The man is identified as 51-year-old Robert Jones. The weapon he was carrying and pointed at law enforcement officers was a Umarex AirJavelin Archery Rifle that propels arrows up to 300 feet per second.
The California Department of Justice was contacted and declined to participate in the investigation because the weapon Jones possessed is considered to be a deadly weapon.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division at (925) 313-2600 or through Sheriff’s Office dispatch at (925) 646-2441. For any tips, email: [email protected] or call (866) 846-3592 to leave an anonymous voice message.
(The pictures show the weapon that was held by Robert Jones as well as him pointing the weapon at law enforcement officers as he advanced toward them).
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Thankfully the deputies and officers are ok. Heroes doing a thankless job!
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