Jayson Matthew Withers
Jayson Matthew Withers, 26, was held at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton, Oregon. On August 29, 2014, a corrections officer shot him once on the west-side recreation yard, and corrections spokeswoman Elizabeth Craig said the officer saw him and another person beating a third person and acted to stop what he believed would be severe injuries. Officials said no warning shot was fired. Withers was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead at 9:21 a.m. It is not clear whether the officer called for him to halt first, and state police and the district attorney's office are investigating the shooting.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Corrections spokeswoman Elizabeth Craig said an officer shot Withers once on the recreation yard to stop a beating, and it was not clear whether the officer called for a halt first.
Reported by: Oregon Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Oregon State Police and the district attorney's office (outside investigators).