The chief said that several members of law enforcement responded to the area to search for the suspect following a broadcast from the deputy who tried to make the traffic stop.Ī resident told police they saw the suspect running through their yard and that they believed that the suspect had a gun, Johnson said. The suspect had fled from a vehicle into a residential neighborhood after a Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to make a traffic stop just after midnight, Johnson said.Ī warrant check found the suspect had warrants for felony battery on an officer and two failure-to-appear warrants as well as a history of violent interaction with law enforcement, according to Johnson. Once the investigations are complete, a recommendation will be made to the Bonneville prosecutor’s office over whether to bring charges against the officer, Johnson said.Īttempted traffic stop turns into suspect search The officer who shot the man, who was not named by police, has been placed on administrative leave and the investigation is being handled by the Eastern Idaho Critical Incident Task Force according to department procedure, Johnson said.Īn internal investigation will also be conducted by the Idaho Falls Police department, according to Johnson. “Our sincere sympathies are with the family and friends of those involved, most especially the family of the deceased.” We all feel the weight of what has occurred today,” Johnson said.

“This situation is devastatingly tragic for the family, for the officer, and those that love and care about them. The man who was shot and killed was not the suspect, who was found after the incident hiding in a nearby shed, Idaho Falls Police Department Chief Bryce Johnson said during a press conference.Īn officer had earlier spoken briefly with the man who was mistaken for the suspect and fatally shot, Johnson said. Police fatally shot an armed man in his own back yard after mistaking him for a suspect during a pursuit in Idaho on Monday, police said.

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