Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy Jeffrey Hash fatally shot Jason Walker, 37, on Saturday, according to investigators.
State authorities in North Carolina are investigating the fatal shooting of a Black man who was killed during an encounter with an off-duty sheriff’s deputy in the city of Fayetteville on Saturday.
Jason Walker, 37, has been identified as the victim, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said one of its deputies, Jeffrey Hash, is the man who shot and killed Walker.
Local authorities have asked the state Bureau of Investigation to determine exactly what happened during the incident, which has led to multiple days of protests in the surrounding community.
Fayetteville Police said they responded to a call about a shooting around 2:18 p.m. on Saturday. They said an off-duty deputy later identified as Hash was driving his pickup truck on Bingham Drive near Shenandoah Drive in Fayetteville when the shooting occurred.
A preliminary investigation determined Walker ran into traffic and jumped on Hash’s moving truck before Hash shot and killed Walker and called 911, authorities said. But a witness account reported by the Fayetteville Observer said Hash’s truck struck Walker before he was shot.
A self-identified trauma nurse named Elizabeth Ricks told authorities Walker was standing on the side of the road waiting for a car to pass before he tried to cross the street and was hit by Hash’s truck, according to the newspaper.
Source: Authorities investigating fatal shooting of Jason Walker killed by off-duty deputy
