Jonathon Price

Jonathan Price offered the Texas officer who shot him a handshake and asked how he was doing before being killed. Body camera footage, unseen by the public but detailed in a probable cause affidavit, shows that Price’s appreciation for police extended up to the moments before a Texas police officer shot and killed the unarmed Black man, who had calmed a domestic disturbance at a convenience store. Price, 31, was slain by former Wolfe City police Officer Shaun David Lucas. The probable cause affidavit states that Lucas went to the Kwik Chek convenience store shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday in response to a “possible fight in progress.” When he arrived, Price greeted him. “Price came very close to Officer Lucas, asking, ‘You doing good?’ multiple times while extending his hand in a handshake gesture,” the affidavit states. Price then apologized to Lucas for broken glass on the ground, saying someone had tried to “wrap (him) up.” CBS Dallas-Fort Worth reported earlier this week that witnesses said Price had stepped into a domestic violence situation to help the woman in trouble. Though things initially got heated between Price and the unidentified man involved, they had calmed down by the time Lucas arrived. Lucas told Texas Rangers, however, that he believed Price to be intoxicated and tried to detain him. “I can’t be detained,” Price responded, according to the affidavit. Price began to walk away, resisting in what Texas Rangers described as a “non-threatening posture.” “Officer Lucas continued to attempt to detain Price by grabbing Price’s arm and using verbal commands, which were both unsuccessful,” the affidavit states. “Officer Lucas produced a Taser and informed Price to comply or the Taser would be applied.” When Price continued walking away, Lucas deployed the Taser but it was not fully effective. Price appeared in the body camera footage to reach out and grab the end of the Taser.“Officer Lucas discharged his firearm four times, striking Price in the upper torso,” the affidavit states. “Price was later pronounced deceased at Hunt County Regional Hospital.