Lyndo Jones was shot by Texas police then his charges mysteriously dropped

Mequite, TX – After being shot by Mesquite police for merely sitting in his car, chained to his bed in the ICU for six days, and then charges mysteriously dropped, leaves many questioning the police department’s motives in the shooting incident of Lyndo Jones.

Lyndo Jones police shooting

There is no doubt that the case of Lyndo Jones is nothing short of a curious one. His lawyer, Lee Merritt says what happened to his client was simply unconstitutional.

Jones was shot Wednesday November 8th, when police responded to a possible car burglary.

Authorities said an altercation and scuffle occurred between Jones and the officer which led to the unarmed 31-year-old being shot and charged with evading arrest.

Lt. Brian Parrish, a police spokesman, said Jones was trying to run away and that’s why he was charged. A detail that police didn’t mention until later was that the pickup truck Jones was allegedly burglarizing was his own.

Unjustified shooting

Jones’ attorneys says the shooting was unjustified and their client was wrongly charged for evading arrest, expressing Jones accidentally set the alarm off and was trying to disarm it when Mequite officers approached him and told him to get out of the vehicle. They say shortly after, he was shot.

“Within 10 seconds of their arrival, he had been shot in the stomach,” said Lee Merritt, one of Jones’ attorneys.

“While on the street suffering from his wound, officers attempted to perform a cavity search and he reacted to that, and he was shot a second time in this back.”

The attorneys said Jones was trying explain the situation when he was shot once in the abdomen and was attacked by several officers who attempted to perform an “anal cavity search.”

“Mr. Jones reacted to the unlawful sodomy and was consequently shot a second time in the back,” the attorneys’ written statement said.

Parrish called the accusations against officers absurd.

“None of the evidence that I’ve seen in this case indicates that there was any truth to it whatsoever,” he said.

Jones’ lawyers said when they arrived at the hospital to check on their client, the police thwarted their attempt to end an interrogation happening without them present and threw them out the hospital. When they returned to the hospital, no one could say where Jones had been moved to, the attorneys said.

After working around the clock towards justice, the charge against Lyndo Jones was dropped. Authorities say the pending charge against Lyndo Jones may be inhibiting his treatment and access to his family. “The decision was made to dismiss the misdemeanor charge, which will hopefully assist in his medical recovery” police Lt. Brian Parrish said.

Lyndo Jones police shooting questions

Parrish says the charge may be revisited.

Lyndo Jones case definitely leaves a myriad of unanswered questions. But one thing his attorneys and supporters are affirming, is that what happened to Lyndo was a violation of his constitutional rights.

Though Jones has been released, justice is being sought for accountability. The officer, identified as Derick Wiley, has been placed on administrative leave and will be interviewed by criminal investigators.

The police shooting is being investigated by Mesquite police and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.