The 31-year-old was shot dead by an officer at a gas station in Wolfe City, Texas on Saturday night, his family and friends said.
"The face of a good man. But unfortunately it's the face of a man whose life was taken away from him last night with his hands in the air, while a small town East Texas cop shot him once in the chest and then twice in the back.
"Why? Bc he was trying to break up a fight at a gas station... for some reason he was singled out. I'll let you do the math." Middlebrooks added:"There's no excuses this time..."he was a criminal"... Nope, not this time."He resisted arrest, just comply with the cops." Nope that one doesn't work this time either. This was purely an act of racism. Period. So, for all you that think this is all bullsh**, you need to check yourself." Price's friends and family told WFAA that Price had been trying to intervene in a domestic violence situation shortly before he was killed at the Kwik Check gas station at 103 Santa Fe Street on Saturday. Price tried to break up a dispute between a couple, but the man assaulted him, according to the station. When police officers arrived at the scene, witnesses told the station they used a Taser on Price before shooting him. Police and officials have not revealed details about the shooting or the officer involved, but Price's family and witnesses told WFAA the officer is white. Wolfe City Police and the Texas Rangers have been contacted for comment.Julie Procell Middlebrooks"He had a good heart. He always tried to help others. I taught him that all through the years," his mother Marcella Louis told the station.His sister, April Louis, added that everybody loved her brother."Everybody loved Jonathan. Everybody," she said."Black, white, Mexican, it doesn't matter. He loved everybody. Everybody loved him." A representative for the family has been contacted for comment. In a video posted on Facebook, Middlebrooks called for calm in Wolfe City, saying Price would not want his hometown"torn to pieces," referencing the unrest that erupted in other places where Black people have been killed by police. "The last thing I want to see is that town get torn to pieces because of this," he said."I understand you're angry, I understand you're sad and broken. We all are. "Most people in that town are behind Jonathan and everything he was about and who he is and who he was as a person... the legacy he'll leave. "I know for a fact he would not want that place torched and torn to pieces... because of this. There was one person who committed this crime and I pray justice will be served soon. I pray this is handled correctly." Protesters demonstrate during a peaceful march to mourn the death of George Floyd in downtown Houston, Texas on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.
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