VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - A Black man who was shot by a Clark County sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop last week has died from his injuries.
An attorney representing Jenoah Donald’s family said Friday that Donald, 30, died around 2 a.m.
The Columbian reports Mark Lindquist, an attorney for Donald’s family, said he had been removed from life support Thursday, a week after he was shot in the head.
Investigators have released an initial account of the officer-involved shooting, indicating that the officer fired Feb. 4 as he was grappling with a driver who refused orders to get out of his car and who instead put the vehicle in motion.
Donald, the driver, was the second Black man shot by Clark County sheriff’s deputies in a span of about three months.
The Vancouver Police Department, which is leading the investigation into the shooting, released an initial account Wednesday, after investigators completed interviews with the involved deputies.
Attorneys for Donald’s family said the account made clear that Donald, 30, was not armed and posed no serious threat to the deputies.
Donald was shot less than a mile from where Clark County deputies shot and killed Kevin Peterson Jr., a 21-year-old Black man, about three months ago. That killing prompted protests. NAACP Vancouver said Donald’s family does not want any public demonstrations at this time, and it instead encouraged residents to submit comments to the sheriff’s office and police department demanding transparency and urgency in the investigation.
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