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Justin Lynn

Age : 44

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 03/05/2021

Location : Comfort Inn, Interstate 20 at John Ben Shepperd Parkway

City : Odessa

County : Ector

State : Texas

Agency : U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during attempted arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 03/05/2021, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force shot and killed Justin Lynn, 44, while attempting to arrest him at the Comfort Inn near Interstate 20 and John Ben Shepperd Parkway in Odessa. Authorities initially withheld his identity and later publicly identified him as Justin Lynn.
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The U.S. Marshals Service reported that Lynn was wanted for a federal bond violation connected to distribution of methamphetamine. Task-force personnel located him at the hotel and attempted to take him into custody. Gunfire occurred during the attempted arrest, and Lynn was fatally wounded.
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The Texas Rangers opened an investigation into the fatal shooting, consistent with state procedure for shootings involving law-enforcement personnel.
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Mapping Police Violence records Lynn as 44, male, killed on 03/05/2021 at the I-20/JBS Parkway location by personnel associated with the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and U.S. Marshals Service.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The individual task-force personnel who fired during the fatal encounter were not publicly identified in the sources located for this case.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.firstalert7.com/2021/03/05/authorities-on-scene-of-apparent-shooting-in-odessa/
https://github.com/samuelsinyangwe/police-data/blob/master/MappingPoliceViolencedatabase.csv