On dutyDestroy/conceal/fabricate evidenceFalse arrest or reportKilled by officer
Plaintiff:
Gregory Jones
Incident date:
05/19/2004
Allegations:
Jones, 8, and Mitchell, 11, were crossing a street on the way home from a neighborhood store when an unmarked police car struck them. Officers Delboccio and Jackson were transporting a passenger to the police station at the time, but falsely reported chasing a man with a gun. The cruiser was traveling 20 miles per hour over the speed limit on the wrong side of the yellow line when it struck the children. Jones and Mitchell were taken to hospitals in critical condition. Jones died the next day. Mitchell survived with multiple fractures of her leg, ear, elbow and skull. The civilian whom the officers were transporting at the time of the incident confirmed there was never any chase.