Fairfax prosecutors decided not to criminally charge an officer who fatally shot a mentally ill man, Jasper Aaron Lynch, in 2022; Lynch’s family reacted in anger.
Video shows a Fairfax County police officer shooting and killing Jasper Aaron Lynch, 26, on July 7. Lynch was experiencing a mental-health crisis. at close range as the man charged at another officer with a wine bottle will not be charged with a crime, the Fairfax commonwealth’s attorney has ruled.
Descano said the three officers who responded to the second call “acted in an objectively reasonable manner, based upon the totality of the circumstances.” His finding closely tracked the legal criteria used to define a justifiable shooting, which holds that the shooting must be viewed from the officer’s perspective in the moment and that the actions must be reasonable under the circumstances.
A half-hour later, Lynch’s sister arrived home and said that Lynch told her to call 911. Again, Lynch was throwing objects. Two officers arrived at 8:45 p.m., Descano’s report said, and George arrived shortly after.The three officers entered the foyer of the house at 8:52 p.m., with little light inside, all wearing body cameras. Lynch entered the foyer holding a burgundy wine bottle in one hand and a long wooden mask in the other, Descano wrote, and then smashed the mask into a table.
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