SUMMIT, Miss. (AP) - Police say a Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy is on administrative leave with pay after shooting a mentally ill man who was being threatening with what appeared to be a gun.
The mentally ill man’s mother says her son Vincent Jones was holding a fake plastic gun.
The Enterprise-Journal reports (https://bit.ly/1GtjkKt ) an investigation is ongoing into an April 14 shooting in which Jones was shot in the leg.
Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Rushing said deputies were investigating a call of disturbance between Jones and his mother, Maria Jones. Rushing said Vincent Jones threatened both the family and the officers with a firearm.
A deputy shot Vincent Jones. Family members say he is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic.
Rushing said Jones could face charges. The deputy was not identified.
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