Posted on 11/02/2015 4:48:02 PM PST by Timber Rattler
Idaho State Police are investigating after a Council rancher was shot and killed Sunday by deputies with the Adams County Sheriff's Office.
The incident began when a Subaru station wagon crashed into a bull on US 95 north of Council at about 6:45 p.m. Emergency responders and Adams County deputies responded and were working to extricate the two people inside the car. Adams County Sheriff Ryan Zollman said the bull, which was injured in the collision, started charging at emergency responders and other vehicles.
"The bull was very agitated and was aggressive to emergency services, as well as the other cars coming up and down the highway," he said.
Deputies were getting ready to put the animal down when the bull's owner, 62-year-old Jack Yantis, arrived on the scene with a rifle. Zollman said dispatchers had called Yantis after the crash, telling him that the bull that was hit appeared to be his, and was down on the highway near his house.
What happened next is still under investigation, but Zollman said there was an altercation and Yantis and both deputies all fired their weapons.
Yantis was fatally wounded and died at the scene. One of the deputies suffered a minor injury.
An emotional Zollman said Monday that his thoughts went out to everyone involved, and that his office took the shooting very seriously. ISP has taken over the investigation to prevent a conflict of interest.
"This is going to be a big hit to this community," Zollman said. "The gentleman involved, Mr. Yantis, was a well-known cattle rancher around here. It's just a sad deal for everybody involved, for the whole community."
The deputies who shot Yantis have been placed on paid leave. Their names have not yet been released.
"To the best of my knowledge, this is the first officer-involved shooting that Adams County has ever had," Zollman said.
Yantis' wife, Donna Yantis, suffered a heart attack after learning that her husband had been shot, family members said. She was taken to a Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, where she was listed in critical condition Monday.
Both people inside the Subaru were taken to a Boise hospital by air ambulance. Their conditions are unknown. The bull was killed, although authorities are still investigating whether a bullet from Yantis' gun or one of the deputies' weapons killed the animal.
The area where the bull was hit is open range, Zollman said, and darkness had fallen by the time the Subaru crashed into the black bull in the roadway.
"It's not uncommon for us to have these kind of livestock versus vehicle accidents," he said. "Typically they don't turn out this way."
US 95 was blocked until 3:05 a.m. The investigation is ongoing.
As a child, I always wanted a green Edsel.
be very very careful once police get involved.
very careful
I know several people with Subarus and they are all flaming liberals.
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“They work for US and its their job to protect US. OUR lives are more important than THEIRS and its more important they don’t kill innocent people than one of them gets injured. Its their job and what they are paid for. “
While what you say SHOULD be true, I will bet you that if you ask the cops they will say that their lives trump everyone else’s. And when then kill someone, they have their union rep, their union attorney, the DA, and most likely the trial judge on their side. Cops killing citizens whether justified or not, it like shooting fish in a barrel, they always win.
“I wanted one since high school 20 years ago when a friend had one. I thought it was cool that a car had 4-wheel. Beyond that, I don’t know much about them.”
Well there’s this model called the WRX (for World Rally). This little cutie has 4WD and about 330 turbocharged horsepower! Our neighbor bought his 17 YO son one and inside of six months the boy had killed himself in it (100mph into a tree racing another car). Oh, and without much difficulty, you can get these things to put out another 100 hp reliably, and another 100hp on top of that not so reliably.
Please let us know if you hear of any updates.
Am I telling the truth, or am I lying? You tell me.
You nailed it, with the addition that the cops were shooting up the dying bull with their pistols and AR-15s. The morons never did put it down and it died suffocating on its own blood.
Thanks for the update. Interested to see if any footage of the incident. If as described by the family, this is something that didn’t have to happen. Such an terrible string of events. I hope as near as the total truth that can come out of any situation will be brought to light for everyone’s sake. I imagine tensions are extremely high in the town.
If you hear anything else, would be interested to know. These stories fade and never get to hear the outcome.
An update: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article43654638.html
I would be interested to know if the 2 deputies were “local hires” or some city slicker transfers that had never seen a civilian with a rifle before. If the family and friends story holds up the sheriff’s dept. is looking bad.
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