Arizona Man Shot and Killed by a Trooper in Mesa County Identified

The man who was shot and killed by a trooper over the weekend in Mesa County has already been identified as Jayson Thompson, 33 years old, and a resident of Bisbee Arizona. This was according to the office of the Coroner.

The shooting took place, a little past 9 a.m. on Saturday, "near Highway 50 and 29 Road." Relatively, a trooper from the Colorado State Patrol shot Thompson fatally.

According to reports, the trooper did not acquire any injury, although the authorities have not given further information about what caused the shooting. Currently, investigation of the incident is the 21st Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team.

About the Shooting

A squad of law enforcement investigators in Mesa County was looking into a shooting incident that took place on Saturday Morning in a community at southern Grand Junction also known as Orchard Mesa.

During the occurrence, at the US Highway 50 and 20 Road intersection, a Colorado State Patrol trooper shot a man that reportedly caused his death.

Both the CSP and the office of the Mesa County Sheriff referred to the then unidentified man as a suspect. However, no further details were provided about the alleged dealings of the person or the incident's other circumstances.

Meanwhile, the Critical Incident Response Team members are tasked to carefully review the incident. It is composed of personnel coming from the Fruita Police Department, Office of the Mesa County Sheriff, Grand Junction Police Department, Palisade Police Department, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Colorado State Patrol, and the 21st Judicial District Attorney's Office

It was the Office of the Mesa County Coroner that released the identity of the man who was shot to death, publicly.

Reports also said that the "cause and manner of death" followed the autopsy which the coroner conducted. More so, the trooper, who has also remained unidentified, has reportedly been put on administrative leave.

Crime Rate in Mesa County

In 2019, a news site reported that the violent crime statistics showed that as "the crime was up at the state level in Colorado," Mesa County's crime rate was said to be going down.

Based on the data from the CBI, drug busts and crimes have increased at the state level from 2017 to 2018. However, in Mesa County, it was a bit different story, following the law enforcement's push last year.

Todd Rowell, the Mesa County Undersheriff said, when the report about the decreasing crime rate in the county came out, no cop wanted to show up "and take a report of something that already occurred."

He added it was an ambitious goal although the main concentration for the office of the Mesa County Sheriff is a bit different.

Incidentally, the annual crime statistics report of CBI showed that violent crimes were down by 31 percent from 2017 to 2018. Then, in 2018, 179 violent crime cases recorded, compared to the 2017 report's 262 cases.

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