Clark County residents call for body cameras, accountability after shooting death of Jenoah Donald
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Feb 17, 2021
Donald died early Friday from a gunshot wound. He was shot in the head during a traffic encounter with Clark County Sheriff s deputies.
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Clark County residents continued their call for answers Tuesday about the shooting of Jenoah Donald, a 30-year-old Black man who was mortally wounded during a traffic stop earlier this month.
Donald, a Black man who lived in Clark County, had been stopped by deputies on Feb. 4 over a faulty taillight after they responded to a report of a suspected drug house and two cars circling the area in Hazel Dell, an unincorporated area of the county.
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According to investigators, led by the Vancouver Police Department, Boyle stopped Donald near the intersection of Northeast 68th Street and Northeast 2nd Avenue. Donald provided identification during the traffic stop.
Investigators said that while Boyle went back to his vehicle, another deputy, Holly Troupe, noticed what appeared to her to be weapons in the vehicle. She commanded Donald to show his hands, investigators said.
Donald reportedly “did not comply” to show his hands, but instead “produced a cell phone and a pair of metal pliers” from his back pockets, investigators said.
Items recovered from the vehicle include two cell phones, a laptop and a cordless drill. The search recovered no pliers, according to the affidavit released Thursday.
Investigators on Wednesday found no weapons in the vehicle driven by Jenoah Donald, a 30-year-old Black man from Vancouver, the night he was shot after