Sixty-seven seconds.
That was the length of time from the beginning of Thursday night’s traffic stop at 27th and Harrison Streets until an Omaha police officer fatally shot 35-year-old Kenneth Jones.
In a press conference Monday afternoon, Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer announced that he and his command staff agreed that Officer Dan Faulkner’s use of deadly force was in accordance with department policy.
Schmaderer added that such force was necessary to protect Faulkner, 29, and Officer Richard Martier, 31, because Jones was reaching for and ultimately held a gun in his hand. (Omaha World-Herald)