“I’ll be the first one to critique myself or to say what I could have done better,” Tonn said. The report features Tonn’s administrative interview and his comments on the shooting. Monterrosa turning away from the detectives.” Moreover, the decision to quickly shoot multiple rounds through the truck’s windshield eliminated any ability to detect threat dissipation such as Mr. Monterrosa could have been (and apparently was) interpreted as an act of aggression. Monterrosa at the time of the use of deadly force was due to the ‘plan’ he was part of, which was devoid of any efforts of de-escalation and tactically risky. The 66-page report released by the OIR group comes with a number of videos as well as the conclusion that “In sum, the fact that (Tonn) misinterpreted the actual threat level presented by Mr. This came a few months after an investigation conducted by an outside firm found that Tonn violated policy in the shooting of Monterrosa. This termination comes despite officer Marc Fox, testifying in a Skelly hearing, recommending that Tonn’s termination be overturned. Later in 2020, the City of Vallejo was served with a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Monterrosa’s family.įor the last two years the Monterrosa family, including sisters Michelle and Ashley, have called for the firing of Tonn. It was later determined that Monterrosa had, in fact, a claw hammer in his sweatshirt pocket. On June 2, 2020, Tonn, believing Monterrosa was reaching for a gun in the parking lot of a Walgreens on Redwood Street, fired five shots from a rifle from the back seat, killing Monterrosa with a shot to the neck and head. Tonn can appeal the decision to arbitration. Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams issued Tonn a “ Notice of Discipline” after a neutral, independent third-party investigation showed that Tonn “violated several department policies, including, but not exhaustive of use of deadly force which was not objectively reasonable, failure to de-escalate the incident and failure to activate body-worn camera.” The Vallejo Police Department announced Monday the termination of Jarrett Tonn, the officer who killed Sean Monterrosa in a 2020 shooting.
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