News release - Update #2 - Bonner County Sheriff's Office Deputies involved in deadly shooting incident on Sep. 26, 2017

For Immediate Release, Sep. 29, 2017
News release - Update #2 - Bonner County Sheriff's Office Deputies involved in deadly shooting incident on Sep. 26, 2017
Contact: Tim Marsano, Public Information Officer, Idaho State Police
208.884.7122
Tim.Marsano@isp.idaho.gov


On Sunday night, Sep. 24, 2017, Robin Johnson, the wife of Craig Johnson (the deceased), called the Bonner County Sheriff's office and requested a deputy travel to their residence in Coolin, Idaho for a welfare check on her husband. Robin Johnson had been trying to contact him and he was not returning her phone calls. She was worried and requested law enforcement contact him to make sure he was okay. At approximately 11:54 p.m., a deputy responded to their Coolin residence for the welfare check. Craig Johnson immediately confronted the deputy by pointing a handgun at him and threatening him. The deputy sought cover behind his vehicle until he was able to safely retreat and leave the property.

A $30,000 felony warrant (Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer) was subsequently issued for Mr. Johnson's arrest.

The Bonner County Sheriff's Office conducted the service of the warrant on Tuesday morning, Sep. 26. During negotiations with Mr. Johnson via telephone and a police vehicle public address system, Craig Johnson exited his residence with a loaded handgun and confronted deputies by pointing a handgun at them, forcing them to respond with deadly force. Deputies at the scene immediately rendered first aid to Johnson. By standard operating procedure, an ambulance had been staged nearby and it responded to the scene, arriving within a few minutes. Mr. Johnson was transported by ambulance to a life flight landing zone. Mr. Johnson succumbed to his wounds en route to the landing zone.

The deputies involved were not injured. They have been placed on paid administrative leave, per standard protocol, pending the North Idaho Critical Incident Task Force investigation's outcome. The deputy who shot Craig Johnson is identified as Sergeant Shawn Deem, who has been with Bonner County Sheriff's Office for eight and a half years.

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- Update #1 follows, dated Sep. 27, 2017 -

** Updated with identity of deceased **

The deceased is identified as Craig A. Johnson, 50, of Bonner County, Idaho

The investigation is ongoing; no additional updates are currently available.

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- Original news release follows -

For Immediate Release, Sep. 26, 2017
Bonner County Sheriff's Office Deputies involved in deadly shooting incident
Contact: Tim Marsano, Public Information Officer Idaho State Police
700 S. Stratford Dr.
Meridian, ID 83642
208.884.7122
Tim.Marsano@isp.idaho.gov


** This is preliminary information / early stages of investigation **

Today at approximately 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, Bonner County Sheriff's Office deputies attempted to serve a felony arrest warrant on a male subject near the community of Coolin, Idaho (at the southern shore of Priest Lake).
The subject of the warrant was armed and exhibited hostile behavior to the deputies, which led to the deputies firing upon the subject. The subject was injured and medical attention was rendered. A ground ambulance carried the subject to where an air ambulance awaited for further transport, but the subject died en route to the air ambulance.
At this time, next of kin notifications are underway.

This incident is being investigated by the North Idaho Critical Incident Task Force, with Idaho State Police leading the investigation. Additional information will be released once available.

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