The man shot by Louisville Metro Police officers after refusing to drop the weapon they said he was pointing at officers was federally indicted Tuesday.
Jaron Bobbitt, 38, was shot Monday, November 13, near Wyandotte Park after police said he pointed an “AR-15-style pistol” at officers who were responding to a domestic violence call around 2:30 p.m.
According to court records, Bobbitt had a gun and ran from police when they showed up. Officers told him to drop the gun, but he pointed it at an officer. That officer then shot Bobbitt, who was stable when being taken to UofL Hospital.
Police said Bobbitt is a convicted felon and had the gun illegally. He is charged with wanton endangerment of a police officer and being a convicted felon in possession of a gun.
He has since been released from the hospital and booked into Metro Corrections in downtown Louisville. He appeared in court just two days after the shooting on charges of wanton endangerment of a police officer and being a convicted felon in possession of a gun. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
On Tuesday, Bobbitt was indicted by a federal grand jury, charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with the November 13 incident.
Prosecutors said Bobbitt will appear in court on the charge “on a later date.” If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. A federal district court judge will decide his fate. There is no parole in the federal system.
Bobbitt remains behind bars in Louisville Metro Department of Corrections.
Louisville Metro Police Department released officers’ body camera footage from the shooting on Monday. No one else was injured in the shooting. When releasing the video, police said Bobbitt had also been charged with fourth-degree assault in connection to the domestic violence incident that was the subject of the initial 911 call on November 13.
Source: WDRB
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