Henry Lee Jones Jr.
Name: Henry Lee Jones Jr.
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 05/08/2011
Location: 701 W. 18th St.
North Little Rock, Arkansas, 72114
County: Pulaski
Agency: North Little Rock Police Department
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: Jones was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a police chase, fled on foot. North Little Rock Police Department officer Vincent Thornton found him hiding in a storage closet. Jones ran out of the closet, and Thornton said he shot Jones in the back during a struggle because he thought he saw a gun in Jones' hand. The "gun" turned out to be a cellphone. The shot paralyzed Jones from the waist down, and he died from complications June 17, 2013.
Unique ID: 19377
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