Innocent Man Accused of Stealing His Own Pickup Shot by Police in Mesquite


MESQUITE, Texas – Police in Mesquite said Tuesday that a man suspected of breaking into a pickup truck, and was then shot by an officer after a confrontation last Wednesday, is actually the owner of the vehicle.

Lyndo Jones was still charged with one count of evading arrest, said Lt. Brian Parrish with the Mesquite Police Department, but those charges were dropped Tuesday evening. The lawyer for Jones stated that the Dallas County District Attorney’s office rejected the charge.

“He was detained because we had received information that there was a burglary in progress and, regardless of who owns the vehicle, regardless of what the actual situation is, if an officer receives a call that there is a burglary in process and arrives at the scene and finds what he deems to be a suspect, it is just simply a prudent matter to take that person into custody and further investigate and find out if the person is up to no good, and if they are, then we move forward with an investigation,” said Parrish.

Jones addressed the media Tuesday night outside of the hospital where he is being treated. He would not address specifics of what transpired last Wednesday. “I don’t why somebody would do that,” said Jones. “Why? I didn’t do nothing to you or did anything. Why? That’s what I want to know.”

Jones added that his doctors and nurses have taken good care of him in the hospital. “I’m feeling good, thankful that I am alive, living and breathing, and get to go home and see my little girls.”

The incident started at about 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 8, when police were called to the 1300 block of South Town East Boulevard for somebody setting off a car alarm.

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