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MEGAN. WHAT’S THE LATEST? YEAH, GOOD EVENING TO YOU GUYS. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT WE’RE IN OUR SEVEN OF THIS INVESTIGATION. BCI IS STILL ON SCENE AND I ACTUALLY JUST TALKED WITH THE SERGEANT HERE ON SCENE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. SO QUITE LITERALLY THREE MINUTES AGO. HE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY TOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND BCI IS EXPECTED TO BE HERE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IN AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING THINGS ARE VERY SENSITIVE. THEY’RE MAKING SURE TO COMB THROUGH EVERY BIT OF EVIDENCE RIGHT HERE TAKE AS MAN AS THEY CAN MULTIPLE TIMES. SO THAT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IS CAN IS COUNTED FOR? CRIME SCENE TAPE WRAPPED AROUND HALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE STARTED EARLIER THIS MORNING JUST BEFORE NOON POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE TIMBER HOLLOWS APARTMENTS FOR A FIGHT BETWEEN A COUPLE WHEN THE MAN IN THE FIGHT ARRIVED. HE WAS CONFRONTED BY THREE OFFICERS IN THIS PARKING LOT. POLICE SAY HE THEN PULLED OUT A GUN. THAT’S WHEN OFFICERS SHOT HIM. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE IN THE CORNER CAME THROUGH HERE AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON NEIGHBORS WERE HANG ON BECAUSE POLICE ACTIVITY HERE IS NOT VERY COMMON, ESPECIALLY IN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. WE SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORS WHO’VE LIVED HERE FOR MORE THAN A DOZ I NEVER SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED BEFORE SO THAT’S WHY I’M KIND OF SHOCKED THIS HAPPENED. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT NO OFFICERS HERE WERE INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT. THEY ARE ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE THAT IS NORMAL PROTOCOL IN AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING AND OF COURSE, WE’LL BE COVERING THIS ON WLWT.COM THROUGHOUT THE DAY REPORTING LIVE HER

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A grand jury returned no indictment against three officers involved in a deadly officer-involved shooting at a Fairfield apartment complex earlier this month, according to Butler County Prosecutor Michael T. Gmoser.It happened just before noon on March 6 at the Timber Hollow Apartments on South Timber Hollow Drive, just off Dixie Highway.Police say they were called to the apartment complex for a domestic dispute between a couple that lived at the address.According to public information officer Doug Day, three Fairfield officers arrived at the apartment complex.There was a confrontation of sorts between the officers and the man involved in the domestic disturbance, police said. During that confrontation, the man, Tyler Jones, 24, pulled a gun, a release from the Fairfield Police Department states.Gmoser said the officers encountered Jones when Jones said, "Go ahead and shoot, Bro." as he walked away, ignoring the officers orders. Jones then turned around and pulled out a pistol that slipped out of his hands as he withdrew it. Jones then chased after the pistol and was able to pick it up.That's when police fired a Taser that didn't take effect. Jones then pointed a pistol at an officer who then shot and killed Jones.One or more of those officers fired at Jones, striking him at least once, police said.Jones was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the officers were injured. All three were placed on paid administrative leave until an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations and submitted to Gmoser.Gmoser said Thursday that a grand jury returned no indictment against the officers."The foregoing conduct of Tyler Jones and the officers was recorded on the body cameras of the police officers leaving absolutely no doubt concerning the true historical record of the events leading to the shooting and death of Tyler Jones, Gmoser said. "For total transparency, Fairfield City Police Chief Steve Maynard immediately contacted the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCI) to do an independent and thorough forensic investigation which was completed and submitted to me for further consideration pursuant to my policy established in all officer involved shootings."Gmoser said the evidence "would lead the most skeptical observer to conclude that the shooting death of Tyler Jones was justified."