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Who is Justin Jones? Dallas ISD police officer undergoes surgery following shooting

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Who is Justin Jones? Dallas ISD police officer undergoes surgery following shooting
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The Dallas Independent School District is sharing more information about the police officer who was injured in a shooting on Thursday.Officer Justin JonesThe injured officer was identified as 39-year-old Justin Jones.Dallas ISD Police Chief Albert Martinez said he’s been with the department for the past 16 years and is currently assigned to White High School.He was featured in a FOX 4 news story in 2015 while training with the department on verbal tools to defuse confrontations. Jones is the officer wearing the red shirt with glasses in the video below.Critical InjuriesJones was shot on Thursday morning while trying to help someone who had been in crisis on the LBJ Freeway near Midway Road.Police said he brought the suspect to the Sam’s Club parking lot to get him off the freeway and away from danger. That’s when the shooting occurred. Jones was shot in the leg. Another officer who responded to the scene shortly afterward applied a life-saving tourniquet.He was said to be stable after

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