The family has said to the press that they do not believe what has been reported about their loved oneвЂ™s death. On behalf of the sheriffвЂ™s office, Lieutenant Patrice Bogertey, the Public Information Officer, offered remarks to the family, saying, вЂњOur sincere condolences go out to Jason WalkerвЂ™s family.вЂќ The probe will be handled by the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys.Д«REAKING: Cumberland SheriffвЂ™s office identifies the deputy who shot and killed Jason Walker in Fayetteville on Saturday.Д¬CSO says deputy Jeffrey Hash has been placed on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated. Hash has served in the countyвЂ™s law enforcement branch since 2005 and is now a lieutenant in the civil section of the department.Д¬umberland County District Attorney Billy West announced on Sunday that his office is recusing itself from the investigation to avoid appearance of a conflict of interest. 10, the Cumberland County SheriffвЂ™s office released a statement saying that Hash has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. If, in the course of the North Carolina SBI investigation, information comes to light of a potential federal violation, the FBI is prepared to investigate.вЂќ However, the FBI Public Affairs Specialist, Shelley Lynch shared with ABC 11, вЂњWe are aware of the shooting death investigation in Fayetteville and are in regular contact with local and state authorities. Though the FBI has been notified, the agency was not tapped to join the investigation. Since the incident, the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation has been brought on to review HashвЂ™s conduct. One thing she noted was that the pickup truck had a вЂњblack boxвЂќ that would have registered if the vehicle struck вЂњany person or thing.вЂќ She also said that there was only one eyewitness, who has told law enforcement that Walker was not hit by the truck.

The report noted that the metal portion of the wiper was used to break the windshield of the truck in multiple spots.ДЄt a news conference on Sunday, Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins clarified rumors about the incident. The cops asked if anyone saw what happened and collected statements.ДЄ preliminary investigation revealed that HashвЂ™s shot was not fired through the windshield and that its wiper was torn off. When two FPD officers arrived on the scene, they tried to help Walker, noticing that his pulse was faint. вЂњPeople are hostile right now.вЂќДЄs sirens blaze louder and louder, one of the witnesses runs over to him and says, the video records, вЂњNobody is hostile. вЂњIвЂ™m trying to protect my daughter and my wife,вЂќ Deputy Hash says on the phone to someone. вЂњI donвЂ™t know where the entry point is he wonвЂ™t tell me where he shot him,вЂќ a woman can be heard saying. What can be discerned from the video is that a man in a red pickup truck is on the phone, while two women and a different man are trying to help a man lying on the ground. Video of the shooting was posted to social media almost four hours later, seemingly starting right after the incident. Reportedly, two people who claimed to be witnesses said on social media that they saw the deputy hit Walker with his pickup truck as he was crossing the street and then shoot him. вЂњI donвЂ™t want to take away from Jason or the injustice, and IвЂ™m not going to be silent.вЂќ вЂњIt breaks my heart he didnвЂ™t survive, and IвЂ™m trying to cope with that as well,вЂќ she said at a march on Sunday in protest of WalkerвЂ™s death.

The News & Observer newspaper quoted the trauma nurse as saying of Walker: вЂњI did not see anyone in distress. The following day Ricks spoke to a crowd at a Fayetteville rally in support of Walker, where she told them she witnessed Walker attempting to cross the street, presumably to get to his home, before he was hit by the pickup truck, after which the deputy shot him. Ricks said instead of trying to help, the deputy called the sheriffвЂ™s office. Witnesses say the deputy did not move to help save the manвЂ™s life after he was shot, but rather called his higher-ups in the sheriffвЂ™s department.Д®lizabeth Ricks got out of her vehicle to try and save Walker by applying pressure to his wounds.

Has it leaked man of the woods