Jonathan Ayers: Jonathan Ayers killed in drug sting (video)
By Clarencia Cynrae on September 2nd, 2009Jonathan Ayers, 28, a pastor, was fatally shot in a drug sting. Jonathan Ayers was the pastor of Shoal Creek Baptist Church. Ayers’ friends and the officers have different versions of what happened.
Jonathan Ayers died on Tuesday, September 1.
The police story was Ayers dropped off a woman who was a suspect in drug trafficking. They followed him to a Shell gas station. When officers approached Ayers, he allegedly drove his car towards them. Officers opened fire but Ayers sped away in his car. Ayers was found shortly, still conscious and alive.
The woman has been arrested on suspicion of selling cocaine.
Jonathan Ayers’ friends refuted the police account. They said Ayers had withdrawn money from an ATM machine inside a store at the Shell gas station. When Ayers saw two men running towards him, he thought he was going to get robbed so he ran to his car. That was when he was shot through his car. Ayers was wounded in his lung and liver. Ayers had surgery but his liver suffered continuous bleeding and he died.
The gas station owner said he saw what happened. Joe Joseph said a black Escalade truck with two men pulled up and started shooting at Jonathan Ayers. Mr Joseph said three shots were fired.
It is dangerous to smoke, use a cell phone, use a lighter or a firearm at a gas station. What prompted police officers to fire a gun or guns right at the heart of explosive chemicals?
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September 4th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Amazing! Undercover cops get out of an Escalade and come at me with a gun…what do you think I would do. Anyone can say…”Police”. These stupid and I mean STUPID cops ended the life of a man of God who was about to be a dad. THERE IS NO WAY these men should get away with this. I usually am on the side with officers in these types of cases but the video clearly shows the cop pulling the gun from his pants before approaching the pastor. The pastor saw the gun and tried to get away…then to get shot by the police… geeeeee.
September 4th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Gosh….for the cops to say he was trying to hit them with his car. He was backing straight back to make a get away….He thought he was getting robbed. I once was approached by would be robbers who began pulling on my door handle of my van. You better believe I stuck it in reverse and didn’t care who was there. Some heads need to roll on this one.