Danville Police chief releases body camera footage of officer-involved shooting
Danville Police Chief Scott Booth said he will be holding a press conference at 2:45 p.m. in the police line up room after a recent officer-involved shooting.
Police said in order to dispel misinformation and rumors circulating in the community and on social media about the shooting, Chief Booth will provide short excerpts from the officer's body-worn cameras.
Chief Booth said officers were called to the 2300 block of North Main Street for a report of a domestic assault happening in the parking lot of a business early Sunday morning.
They say the caller told police she had left that location to escape an attacker.
Police tried to arrest Juan Jones, 25, but they said he moved away from them and ignored their commands to stop, got into a car, and drove into a nearby wooded area.
They say he continued to refuse officers' commands to show his hands and get out of the car.
Eventually, police say the man got out of the car near Oak Street but refused to show his hands.
They say police deployed a taser but it didn't contact the man.
That's when police say the man turned and threatened officers, and they fired at him.