A man shot by a JPD officer will be released from jail in Washington state once he pays $10,000 bail, court records reveal. It was not immediately clear whether he had already done so.
Jeremie Shaun Tinney suffered a gunshot wound from police on Dec. 3 and was flown to a hospital in Seattle for treatment. Tinney, who has a lengthy criminal history, was wanted in Washington state on an outstanding warrant related to a 1997 felony conviction for abusing his 2-year-old son.
Tinney had been wanted by Washington state since 2005 for failing to abide by the terms of his probation in that case.
On Tuesday afternoon, Tinney appeared in Whatcom County Superior Court for his first appearance. Washington state attorneys requested $50,000 bail; Tinney’s defense wanted no bail; the judge set a $10,000 amount.
Under the terms of his bail, Tinney can’t leave Whatcom County without court permission and must live at his stepfather’s house in Blaine, Washington.
Tinney will next appear in court at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 15.
The incident that led to Tinney’s shooting remains under investigation by state and local police. Tinney was unarmed during the shooting, but it is not clear whether he had threatened police immediately before the shot was fired.
On Wednesday, JPD spokesman Lt. David Campbell said officer Darin Schultz, one of two officers present at the shooting, has been cleared to return to duty. Schultz did not fire the lone shot in the incident, which came from the weapon of Sgt. Chris Gifford.
“We’re still waiting to give Sgt. Gifford a little more time,” Campbell said in a phone interview.
Gifford remains on administrative leave while the investigation continues.
Also Wednesday, Alaska State Troopers clarified that the Alaska Bureau of Investigation is not conducting an independent investigation of the shooting; rather, ABI investigators are in Juneau to assist the Juneau Police Department’s investigation.
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