The Palm Beach County State Attorney’s office declined to comment Friday on Feuer’s ruling.
Raja exited his van and approached Jones, who was on the phone with a tow truck dispatch center, which recorded the call — something Raja didn’t know when he made his statement to investigators. At the time, he had been a police officer for seven years, transferring to Palm Beach Gardens six months earlier.
Raja then fires three shots in less than two seconds. Ten seconds pass before three more shots are heard a second apart, apparently, Raja firing at Jones as he ran down an embankment. Raja told investigators Jones kept pointing his gun at him with his right hand. Feuer pointed out in her ruling that Jones was left handed.