Larry Eugene Jackson Jr., a 32-year-old African American man, was shot and killed by Austin Police Department Detective Charles Kleinert on July 26, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The shooting occurred at Benchmark Bank on West 35th Street, where Jackson was present the same day the bank had been robbed earlier. Jackson attempted to enter the locked bank while staff and police were discussing the robbery. After Kleinert questioned Jackson about allegedly giving a false name to a bank employee, Jackson ran. Kleinert pursued him, enlisted a passing motorist for help, and followed Jackson on foot under a bridge. A struggle ensued there and Kleinert’s weapon unintentionally discharged, fatally striking Jackson in the back of the neck. Jackson was unarmed and had not been searched before he ran.

Kleinert reported the shooting as accidental. A grand jury indicted him on manslaughter in May 2014, and the Austin City Council approved a $1.25 million settlement to Jackson’s children in August 2014. In October 2015 a judge dismissed the manslaughter charge with prejudice, ruling Kleinert had been acting as a federal officer as part of an FBI task force and invoking the Supremacy Clause.

Are there readers who were in that area that afternoon or who have information about Jackson’s movements before he reached the bank?