SCOTTSBLUFF — A grand jury has cleared law enforcement officials in the June killing of man during a standoff with police in Scottsbluff, but issued a finding that all Scotts Bluff County law enforcement officers should wear body cameras.
The grand jury last week returned a “no true bill†Dec. 3 in the June 7 shooting death of 47-year-old Daniel Ojeda of Scottsbluff.
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Police have said officers were called to the home on reports of a man with a gun threatening to harm himself or others and that the officers were held at bay outside the home for nearly six hours. Police said that Ojeda was shot when a Scotts Bluff County SWAT team entered the home. He later died at a hospital.
In addition to the body cameras finding, the grand jury found that law enforcement officers should be accompanied by a trained mental health professional to calls such as the Ojeda case and undergo more frequent training in stun gun and other equipment use.