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James Haynes

Age : 31

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 07/29/2021

Location : 300 Wood Street

City : Mansfield

County : Richland

State : Ohio

Agency : Mansfield Police Department

Officer(s) :Officer Clay Blair; Officer Mark Boggs

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 07/29/2021, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Mansfield Police Department officers responded to a 911 hang-up call from an apartment at 300 Wood Street in Mansfield, Ohio. Dispatchers also received reports of a disturbance and someone inside the apartment yelling for help. When officers arrived, they found James Haynes outside the apartment holding a knife. Inside the apartment was Jarvon Ginn, who had been stabbed in the chest during the incident.
According to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Officers Clay Blair and Mark Boggs repeatedly ordered Haynes to drop the knife. Haynes instead broke a window and attempted to re-enter the apartment where the stabbing victim remained. Officer Blair deployed a Taser, but it failed to stop Haynes. Officers then fired their weapons outside the apartment. Haynes continued into the residence, where officers forced entry and fired additional rounds after again confronting him while he was still armed with the knife. Haynes was transported to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, where he died from his injuries. Jarvon Ginn survived the stabbing.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation conducted the investigation. Witnesses interviewed by investigators reported hearing Haynes state, "I'm going to cut his face" and "I'm going to die tonight" before police arrived. BCI also reviewed dash-camera video, forensic evidence, witness interviews, Taser data, medical records, and officer training records. Mansfield officers were not yet equipped with body-worn cameras at the time of the shooting, although patrol car dash cameras captured portions of the incident outside the apartment.
On March 28, 2022, a Richland County grand jury declined to indict either officer, returning a no-bill after reviewing the BCI investigation. I found no evidence that either officer was criminally charged or disciplined, and I found no reported civil lawsuit filed by Haynes' family. The Ohio Attorney General has since released the complete investigative file, including reports, dash-camera video, forensic evidence, witness interviews, personnel records, and the autopsy report.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.richlandsource.com/2022/03/28/grand-jury-finds-justifiable-use-of-deadly-force-in-fatal-july-29-shooting-by-mansfield-police/
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/getattachment/c113ff22-eab5-4500-8f95-31e36a9d9d71/Prosecutor-Summary.aspx
https://www.yahoo.com/news/grand-jury-rules-mansfield-police-172909247.html
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/SpecialPages/Documents/James-Haynes/Video-Review-and-Analysis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States%2C_July_2021