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Owens then intentionally and forcefully knocked the gun from Deems hands to disarm him, the complaint alleged. Owens began resisting arrest and placed Deem into a chokehold and attempted to strangle him, the complaint alleged. Flanagan secured the firearm, and Owens was taken into custody, according to law enforcement.

During the 2018 sentencing hearing, defense attorney Jerry Blair had cited Owens work history and had described him as a hardworking, decent country person who slipped into substance abuse during a life crisis.

There appears to be no law enforcement body camera footage of the police shooting of an alleged fugitive at his fathers funeral.

WV News reached out to West Virginia State Police, which is investigating the shooting, through an open records law request. WV News requested access to and a copy of all body camera video from all officers who were on scene and/or participating in the attempt to capture West Virginia Divisions of Corrections and Rehabilitation parole fugitive Jason Arnie Owens the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022.

State Police responded Wednesday, saying in an email that a search has been conducted and the West Virginia State Police is not in possession of any records of your request.

Follow-up calls Wednesday and Thursday to Acting U.S. Marshal Terry Moore, Harrison Sheriff Robert Matheny and Bridgeport Police Chief Mark Rogers indicated there was no body camera footage of the shooting, just footage afterward of a deputy rendering aid.

Moore qualified his comment by deferring to West Virginia State Police for any definitive answer. State Police have declined to discuss the investigation, which they began the day of the shooting at the request of local authorities, who had officers involved in the unit seeking to arrest Owens. State Police Sgt. Ronnie Gaskins, supervisor of the Bridgeport Detachment, previously said a trooper or troopers would be called in from a different area of the state to investigate.

Owens was shot dead by a member or members of a U.S. Marshals-led Mountain State Fugitive Task Force, according to law enforcement.

A Marshals Service statement, released Aug. 24, said that at approximately 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, members of the U.S. Marshals-led Mountain State Fugitive Task Force and other law enforcement agencies were involved in an officer-involved shooting during a fugitive investigation that resulted in a fatality in Nutter Fort, West Virginia. Preliminary information indicates that during the arrest attempt, the subject produced a firearm. As a result, law enforcement officers discharged their firearms striking the individual. Officers immediately rendered first aid until emergency medical services arrived; however, the man succumbed to his injuries. No law enforcement officers or other persons were injured during the incident.

Evelyn ODell, the aunt of Owens, said she was at the funeral and described what happened very differently.

She and other family, friends and supporters protested Aug. 29 in front of the Harrison County Courthouse.

We was really close. Hes more than just my nephew to me. He was my big me, and I was his little me, ODell said.

They shot him at his dads funeral, said ODell, referring to the funeral of Junior Arnie Owens, 59, of Clarksburg, who passed away unexpectedly Aug. 20, the Saturday prior to the shooting.

He just took his dad out; he was a pallbearer. He had just laid his dad in the back of a hearse, and he was walking around, and I was hugging him. Next thing I know, somebody yelled Jason. I still had my hand on my shoulder, my one hand from hugging him, when the first bullet hit him. He never pulled a gun or nothing, and were trying to get justice for him because they cold-blooded killed him. He never pulled a gun. He did not pull a gun, ODell said.

The Marshals Service has declined to say why authorities were trying to arrest Jason Owens, who was prohibited from owning or even possessing firearms due to a prior felony conviction.

Owens apparently still was on parole in a case in which he was sentenced in December 2018 to 3-13 years in prison for fleeing with reckless indifference, strangulation and second-offense battery on a governmental representative.

In that case, law enforcement had alleged that Owens fled recklessly in a vehicle and strangled and assaulted Brian Deem, then a deputy for the Harrison County Sheriffs Office and now a sergeant.

Harrison Circuit Judge James A. Matish imposed the maximum sentence during a Dec. 12, 2018, hearing. This was very serious, Matish told Owens. You could have easily strangled Deputy Deem to the point of a murder, and thats all the more reason to impose (the maximum sentence).

Owens had pleaded guilty in that case to fleeing with reckless indifference, strangulation and second-offense battery on a governmental representative. Three other counts were dismissed.

On Oct. 25, 2018, Owens admitted fleeing recklessly in a vehicle April 12, 2018, from law enforcement and then, when he tried to get away on foot, grappling with Deem after Deem grabbed his shirt and they slid down a hill.

At the plea hearing about four years ago, Owens said he held Deem down by the neck while the deputy was trying to hit him. But he added that he then explained he was high and scared and subsequently allowed Deem to handcuff him. Owens also acknowledged a prior battery on a Lumberport police officer dating back about a dozen years.

Owens initially was charged in the 2018 case with strangling, reckless fleeing, disarming a law enforcement officer and third-offense driving on a license suspended or revoked for driving under the influence. In September 2018, he was indicted on those four charges, plus the second-offense battery on a governmental representative count and one count of fleeing by means other than a vehicle.

Deem alleged he initiated a traffic stop about 6 p.m. April 12, 2018, on a sport utility vehicle that was traveling behind Harrison Deputy Jon Flanagans vehicle. Flanagan also initiated a traffic stop by activating his emergency lights and sirens and using his arm to signal for the driver to pull over, according to the complaint. At that time, the driver of the vehicle Owens passed Flanagans cruiser on the right side by driving off the roadway, the complaint alleged. Owens then began traveling in the wrong lane and passing other vehicles in designated no-passing zones, law enforcement alleged.

At one point, Owens almost struck an oncoming vehicle head on, according to law enforcement. He allegedly fled down U.S. 19, turned west on Crooked Run Road, north on Gregorys Run Road, west on U.S. 20, south onto Ten Mile Road and west onto Rinehart Road, law enforcement alleged.

The pursuit lasted about 25 miles. After the intersection of Caldwell Run Road, the vehicle was traveling without a rear left tire, causing gouges in the roadway, Deem alleged. When the vehicle came to a stop, Owens opened the drivers side door and fled on foot over a hill, Deem alleged.

Deem pursued him, while Flanagan pursued a female passenger exiting the vehicle, according to law enforcement. Owens was advised to stop fleeing on foot multiple times and refused to do so, according to law enforcement. Deem drew his gun and attempted to apprehend Owens, according to the complaint.

The family of a man who was shot and killed by law enforcement after he helped carry his fathers coffin is demanding answers.

Jason Arnie Owens, 37, was a pallbearer at his fathers funeral on 24 August, when he was shot dead in front of 40 mourners by two plainclothes officers outside a funeral home in West Virginia, the Associated Press reported.

Family members claim the officers opened fire before Mr Owens realised what was happening.

The officers arrived at the scene to enforce a fugitive warrant and called the victims name but did not give him a chance to surrender, loved ones alleged.

The US Marshall Service did not reveal why a warrant had been issued against Mr Owens but told the news organisation he had a gun at the moment of the arrest, a claim disputed by witnesses.

They yelled Jasons name. They just said Jason and then started firing, Cassandra Whitecotton, a family friend, said. There was no identifications they were US Marshals anything. They did not render this man any aid at all. Never once they touched him to render any aid whatsoever.

Mr Owens funeral on Friday follows a rally last week outside the Harrison County Courthouse, where protesters demanded answers about his killing.

Authorities have refused to clarify details citing an ongoing investigation and told the AP in a statement that responding officers had rendered first aid to Mr Owens.

Bodycam footage from marshals, if existing, is unlikely to be released as the states law does not require authorities to do so during an investigation.

We want to know why you would do this in front of his family, Mandy Swiger, his cousin said. And what gives you the right to do that to an unarmed man?

Tracy Hahn, a security consultant and retired police officer, said in those circumstances, Marshals usually wait for funeral services to finish before making any arrests.

If theyve been searching for someone and they finally figure out where they are, theyre going to get them, Ms Hahn told the AP.
There must be some extenuating circumstance that they felt the urgency to arrest him then instead of waiting if there was some risk factor, an escape risk or something like that.
In 2018, Mr Owens was sentenced to three to 13 years in prison for allegedly attempting to strangle a Harrison County sheriffs deputy and fleeing the correction facility where he was housed. He was released on parole in April 2021 but committed a violation for not checking in just once, Ms Swiger said.

And thats why he promised his mom after the funeral he would turn himself in, she told the AP.

Meanwhile, the family is said to have been left traumatised.
Just seconds before he was fatally shot, Mr Owens had been hugging his aunt. His 18-year-old son, who was also present at the funeral, was left covered in Mr Owens blood.

every other animal eats the same shit every day all day for its entire life but humans act like they gonna die if they dont eat a different animal every day of the week

Are you sure it's gout?

There is that disease that ticks carry... that makes you allergic to red meat (Alpha-gal syndrome).

meat is bad for you yo

My mom gets gout too, which apparently women getting gout is rather rare. Woo genetics!

I agree with everything except this, I know you can set up a feeder but you should definitely have someone check in with them once a day at least

Alright, imma say it now before something tragic possibly happens.

I think Ryoma is my favorite character so far. He's such a fucking downer, but in aweirdly awesome way.

I think it also helps that he's voiced by the same guy that voiced Gundham.

they might also be under some kind of contract to do this their content creators.

I imagine the business side is like :

"if we release this show all it once somenone just needs a month subscription to watch it. If we release weekly than we intice users to get the subscription over several months."

People literally can't shut up about She-Hulk IDK why you picked that for an example.

The However all that really means people are talking about a show more often throughout the year instead of just after the binge drop. Ergo, serials promote more discussion. It's that simple.

I mean sure but it's a negligible amount of money. I mean if you plan on never using it again sure. But if I'm going to watch something every month or so I rather just always have the sub running. I can't be fucked to unsub and resub just to save like a few dollars a year.

So now you have to wait even longer for the full season to made available before you can start and finish it in one go.

I understand why Netflix is getting raked these days, but if I can play devil's advocate for a moment; why is it acceptable when HBO and AppleTV do this for things like Severence, Barry, Game of Thrones, and etc., but horrible when netflix does it?

It's an opinion, yes, but it's not really contributing to any actual discussion. More like making a passing comment rather than inviting a reply.

People actually unsubscribe to Netflix?
Isn't like $10 a month lol

Thats called being engaged with the show Acemos, its a good thing.

With weekly, you can simplify it to "Did you watch the new/this week's X?", and they'll either give you a yes or no. If yes, then you know you're both at the same point. If no, they'll typically follow up by clarifying how far behind they are.

Discussion involves a back-and-forth between at least two parties, not one person posting their thoughts on a series while other people either reply with "tag" or "good show".

I've been on both ends of that sort of playthrough topic before. the person playing it, and the person reading along with the status updates. and while they can both be interesting in their own way they really pale in comparison to an actual convrsation between multiple people about the series as an ongoing thing, rather than this sort of setup where people who have completed it already can't really say anything other than insubstantial comments on things directly mentioned by the player

This almost always involves vaguely dancing around plot points since with binge culture, that's how a lot of people identify how far along they are in a series, rather than an episode number that they're probably not paying any attention to because they just let autoplay go from episode to episode.

Or, if they DO answer with an episode number or title, a reply is often "Which one is that?"

this isn't really a discussion it's a person using a forum as a blog while a crowd of onlookers treat him like some sort of zoo exhibit

discussing media when people have vastly different levels of knowledge of the events, plot, etc is really difficult. someone who has finished a series can definitely be entertained by reading speculations of someone currently watching it, but it's hard for them to really join in in any meaningful way because they just know too much

I assume bowser's fury is like the new super luigi dlc of the game I just finished, nsmb switch right? A short version of the 3d world game that's almost like an expansion pack?

Which is all well and good for online discussion, but there are a lot of people who like to discuss things they're watching with people offline, for example coworkers.

Weekly release discussions: Talking about what happened in the episode, and forming theories about what might happen next or the direction the season could go in. Offers a lot of avenue for speculation and keeps the audience engaged. Also lets you connect to the characters and story more since you're being exposed to them over a longer period of time, rather than a single afternoon. Gives time to properly digest each episode so it sticks in your memory longer.

Binge watch discussions: People trying to figure out who's ahead of the other so neither side gets spoiled, and then discussions kind of stop because one side already knows what's going to happen and can't contribute to speculation in any meaningful way without ruining it for the other party. If both sides are done with the show they just talk about a couple moments that everybody else is talking about, and then say "okay, now to wait a year or two for the next season". Stuff doesn't tend to be remembered as well so you typically have to binge-watch prior seasons again as a refresher before binge-watching the new season.

Problem is people like linkpizza don't have the ability to see things form other peoples point of view.

boys went from binge to episodes

or

episodes to binge ?

But I see discussion on it all the time when I am not even looking for it so idk if that works in the favor they had been hoping

There is no show that made this change. Not even stone ocean.

So you want to address a question that has no sincere answer.

I like it, too many people with no lives that race through a season in a day and then talk about major spoilers on social media

not what Im arguing. I am not arguing about Netflixs algorithm to determine success or failure. I am literally saying you either lose a large chunk of that community aspect or it falls off a cliff after a week with batch format, and jojo is the one community I am in where it went from weekly to batch, and that engagement and discussion fell off a cliff.

In that way, Netflix has killed jojo

What show is this?
Almost sounds like you enjoyed the discussion more than the show.

I think this is why I mostly have been playing racing and sports games lately. >_>

Linkpizza I am talking about a show that was weekly, had plenty of discussion, went batch, and most of that dropped off a cliff

anything you say against that is moot

I dont get how people can enjoy doing that. I get skimming for stuff like a news article. But reading a book, but just skipping through it is weird to me. It's like people who skip cutscenes in games except there is no gameplay in this case

Again, everyone watches at their own pace with the binge format.

oh my god you are so obtuse

Jojo being swapped from weekly to batch release/mishandling by Netflix has demonstrably killed its hype and fan discussion. The difference in engagement between part 5s release, which was weekly, and 6s, which has been two 12 episode batch drops in ten months, is astounding. I dont know how it will affect the series going forward (Aka we better get steel ball run at some point), but as far as actual fan driven engagement goes, its in the toilet. It has not been lower since the animes beginning. Netflix has completely stifled any engagement and discussion of that show with the change in release format.

If you dont care about that, fine, but it is a show that swapping from weekly to batch has actually hurt discussion and engagement

I have never binged a full season of anything on netflix.

Know why?

1. I have self control
2. I actually have other things to do.

But you apparently have and say you have the life and others don't? huh

sus

Truthfully, when an entire season releases at once, I watch it LESS than once a week. I don't have the time to sit down and binge it. And since discussion fizzles out after a week or two, I lose my drive to keep up with it.

I completely disagree. There is the reason why the millennial generation are known as three pumps and a squirt in the sex scene.

But but but I want it now!

Also it should be pointed out that Netflix is literally the only streaming service still doing full season releases at this point

Certai people itt are acting like that model is obviously superior when everyone else seems to disagree

side note how many people out there are really micromanaging their streaming service subscriptions on a monthly basis? Its just a subscribe and forget it thing for most people

Just commit and stick it all on as a 10 hour "movie", haha.

Why do you say there are no benefits?

Im still trying to finish Mass Effect 3 before I move on to xenoblade lol.

Same. I take my sweet ass time exploring everything, reading every lore book, always doing side-quests first, etc.

It was already explained to you 500 posts in a week old thread for a half season of one of the most popular anime running is not lengthy considering those used to top out in hours for the weekly releases.

Okay, and you can do that when a show is released weekly. No one is arguing that your preference for binge watching is wrong. What is wrong is that you want everyone else to conform to it. My point is that anyone can watch a show the way they want and have the discussion they want when episodes are released weekly. But only binge watchers are happy with a bulk release. What are you not understanding here?

Yes. Like I said they lack patience.

I really want to stress that shows frequently start airing before they finish being made. The binge model doesn't mean you get the last episode sooner. It means you get the first episode later. So with a bulk release, everyone has to wait longer. With a weekly release, binge watchers have to wait the same amount of time they always do while weekly watchers get the show right away.

I welcome this. Not surprised the large proportion of millennials who have no patience or attention span are moaning about this.

You're intentionally being obtuse

Okay seriously, fuck off. It's been thoroughly explained why weekly airings have no negative impact on binge watching while bulk releases do have a negative impact on weekly watching. Your only argument is "it's not as bad as you're making it sound."

Preferring to binge is a valid opinion. Saying that it's bad for shows to be released weekly instead of in bulk is not.

Shows being dropped all at once to be binged hurts discussion of those shows, and increases the likelihood that somebody with more to do during the day than watch an entire season of one show is exposed to spoilers, thus potentially ruining the entire show for them anyway.

Weekly releases make it easier for everyone to stay on the same page and talk about what they're watching.

This Linkpizza dude just doesnt get it...