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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8 2015 $2 VOLUME 151, No. 106WWW.IDAHOSTATESMAN.COM/
Calvin May talks about the Bible and the job, and also see an IDOC training video IdahoStatesman.com
TOP STORIESSTAY CONNECTED
ROBERT EHLERT
We should all see what civilitycan do for us in politics, life
DEPTH, 1C
IDAHO HISTORY
Boise’s rich tree past includeda wealth of Lombardy poplars
NEWS, 11A
U.S. MILITARY
For one family, a veteran’s servicedog remains on duty
NEWS, 14A
Catching Up 2A
Local news 4-11AHistory 11A
Weather 17A
Sports 1B
Depth 1C
Opinion 5C
Explore 1D
Books 4D
Obituaries 8D
EXPLORE
Learning so muchfrom centenarian,Boisean, BSU fanTIM WOODWARD, 1D
EXPLORE
Autumn in the Cityof Trees is perfectfor photographylovers KYLE GREEN, 1D
Some cloudiness
54°/40° See 15A
388-4400
THREE OR
MORE AT
THIS PRICE
NISSAN
330
$22940 2016s
Utah State’s free-fall con-
tinues with a loss to New
Mexico, giving BSU a leg up
in the league. SPORTS, 1B
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
ON BYE, BRONCOSGET BIG VICTORY
6A SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8 2015News IDAHOSTATESMAN.COM
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The family of anAdams Countyrancher involvedin an encounter
with two sheriff’s deputiessays the deputies killedhim in a “completelyunjustified” shooting.Survivors of Jack Yantis,
the 62-year-old who dieda week ago in the dark-ness on U.S. 95 north ofCouncil, say they willpursue claims againstAdams County for Yantis’death.Family members have
shared with the States-man their account of whathappened last Sundaynight. The account is inwritten statements pre-pared with attorneys thefamily hired after theincident, a video state-ment Donna Yantis madefrom her Boise hospitalbed, and a draft transcriptthe lawyers prepared of
one family member’saccount of what hap-pened.The Statesman also
interviewed several familymembers, including Row-dy Paradis, a nephew ofthe couple’s who said hewitnessed the shootings.“Law enforcement
should be trained to de-
escalate situations,” saidRowdy Paradis. “In thiscase, I stood 10 feet awayand watched two deputiesescalate the situation andneedlessly kill a man.”Sheriff Ryan Zollman
did not respond Saturdayto an emailed request forcomment on the family’saccount or to a message
left with a sheriff’s dis-patcher.Here is what the family
says happened on Nov. 1:
DINNER PHONE CALL
The Yantises, Paradis(pronounced PAR-a-dis)and a family friend, JoeRumsey, were finishingdinner about 6:45 p.m.Sunday in the Yantises’home near milepost 142of U.S. 95, about 6 milesnorth of Council.An Adams County Sher-
iff’s Office dispatchercalled. One of the family’sbulls had just been hit bya car on the highway, andthe Yantises needed to gotake care of it.In rural open range,
collisions between vehi-cles and livestock are notuncommon. Ranchersoften must put down theinjured animals. Jack
Yantis had unfortunatelydone it before.Yantis had raised and
tamed the 2,500-poundblack Gelbvieh bull, simi-lar to an Angus, namedKeiford. Its rear leg wasshattered by the collisionwith a Subaru stationwagon. The bull startedcharging people at thecrash scene.Paradis walked down to
check out the situation.
The injured bull hadmade its way back to thedriveway and was lying inthe grass.“He knew he was
home,” Paradis said. “Hewas hurt. But he is still anAngus bull on the fight.”
DEPUTIES SHOOT BULL
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ISP asks anyone whowitnessed the events lead-ing up to or occurring afterthe shooting to contactthem at (208) 884-7110.The Yantises’ attorneys,
Treasure Valley lawyersMatthew Taylor and PaulWinward, also say theywant to hear from witness-es or anyone with informa-tion about the shooting.Contact them via email [email protected].
Cynthia Sewell:208-377-6428,@CynthiaSewell
The two Adams Countydeputies involved in theshooting of Jack Yantis areon paid leave pending anIdaho State Police in-vestigation into the Nov. 1fatality.“ISP reassures those
involved in this incident,their families and thepublic at largethat they arecommitted to complete athorough investigationinto this incident to deter-mine exactly what tran-spired,” spokeswomanTeresa Baker said in anews release last week.“ISP detectives are
continuing to conductinterviews and are me-thodically examining eachpiece of evidence. Physicalevidence will be sent toforensic labs for analysisin hopes of revealingfurther facts that will helppiece together the eventsthat unfolded that night.”ISP will submit its find-
ings to a prosecutor, whothen will decide whetherto bring charges.Rowdy Paradis said he
has already met with anISP detective and willmeet with him again soon.“Outside of Jeff Brown
with Adams County Sher-iff’s Office, Idaho StatePolice were the first peo-ple to treat any of us ashumans, let alone vic-tims,” Paradis said. “(Thedetective) has been verycomforting to talk to.”
‘‘SEVERAL OF THERESIDENTS OFADAMS COUNTYHAVECOMPLAINED TOUS THAT THEDEATH OF JACK ISTHE TRAGICRESULT OF AMUCH BIGGERPROBLEM ANDPATTERN OFABUSE IN ADAMSCOUNTY.Matthew Taylor, lawyerfor Yantis family
skid-steer loader (a smallfront-end loader) and achain. Paradis in turnasked his aunt to the getthe family’s .204-caliberrifle and bring it to theroad.Yantis took a small
all-terrain vehicle, in thiscase a four-wheeler, downthe driveway and parkedit on the highway facingthe animal.While Paradis was get-
ting the skid loader, thedeputies started shootingat the bull. At least one ofthem had a semiautomat-ic rifle, perhaps an AR-15,an adaptation of the mil-itary M16.“They opened up with
their pistols and theirM16s ... before Jack gotthere,” Paradis said.“That’s an inhumanedeal. ... This is a 2-tonAngus bull that’s pissedoff, he’s hurt and psychot-ic. ... It was blazing downthere and it sounded likeWorld War III on this bull,because they got himcharging at everyoneagain.”Paradis drove the skid
loader down the drivewayand parked on the high-way. The bull was lying onthe pavement. DonnaYantis had walked therifle to her husband. JackYantis was standing about4 feet from the bull, aim-ing the rifle at the back ofthe bull’s head. His backwas to the two deputies,who were standing in thefar lane facing each otheras if they were having aconversation.“I put the (skid load-
er’s) lights on him and thebull, and he lined up toshoot the bull in the backof head and put him outhumanely,” Paradis said.
DEPUTIES SHOOT
YANTIS
The rifle’s barrel wasabout 2 feet from the bull,and Jack Yantis’ fingerwas on the trigger.
“Everything was goingas planned. … I did notnotice any conversation atall” between Jack Yantisand the deputies, Paradissaid. “Then the one copturned around andgrabbed his shoulder andjerked him backwards.”The deputy came from
Yantis. The rifle was stillin Yantis’ hands, its barrelpointed at the ground.Yantis was trying to re-gain his footing.Paradis said he does not
know whether the riflefired, but he thinks itmight have dischargedaccidentally when thedeputy grabbed Yantisand spun him, or whenone of the deputy’s bulletspierced Yantis’ hand hold-ing the rifle, hitting thegun and damaging it.One deputy began
shooting at Yantis, thenthe other deputy startedshooting.
HANDCUFFS AND
A HEART ATTACK
Donna Yantis said sheand Paradis screamed atthe deputies to stop.Shot in the chest and
abdomen, Jack Yantis fellto the ground. Neitherdeputy went to check onhim. Paradis and DonnaYantis started runningtoward him.“And then they threat-
ened me and my nephew
... threw us on the middleof Highway 95, searchedus and handcuffed us, andwouldn’t let us go takecare of Jack,” DonnaYantis said.Paradis said one deputy
pointed his gun at Para-dis’ head.Donna Yantis had a
heart attack. Some timelater, she was taken byambulance to Midvaleand then by helicopter toSaint Alphonsus RegionalMedical Center in Boise,where she remained hos-pitalized Saturday.Rumsey, the family
friend at dinner, had beennear the wrecked carwhen the shooting startedand ran toward Jack. Thedeputies handcuffed him,too.
‘IT WAS A SENSELESS
MURDER’
One deputy said he hadbeen grazed by a bullet,Rumsey said. “I askedhim, ‘Where?’ I said,‘That’s bull----.’ Therewas no blood, no tornthread, no powder burn.There was nothing.”After the shooting,
Paradis said, the deputies’demeanor was “smug”and “almost celebratory.”A deputy walked over,
pulled Yantis’ rifle fromunder his body and threwit into the grass.“There was no shoot-
out. It was a senselessmurder,” the Yantis’daughter, Sarah, told theStatesman.Meanwhile, the bull was
still alive, slowly bleedingout on the roadway. Fam-ily members asked thedeputies to put it down toend its suffering. No onedid.
“The bull ended uplying there for two hours,”Paradis said, “suffocatingin his own lung bloodbecause they shot him inthe gut.”
Cynthia Sewell:208-377-6428,@CynthiaSewell
Provided by the Yantis family
The downed bull lies on the road bleeding just beyond the family’s ATV on U.S. 95. The emergency responders inthe background are unidentified. The body of Jack Yantis was on the road to the left at the time.
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SHOOTING
‘‘MY DAD IS DEAD AND THE TWO DEPUTIES WHO KILLEDHIM ARE ON PAID VACATION. THAT MAKES ME ANGRY.
Sarah Yantis, daughter
Provided by the Yantis family
Jack Yantis
‘‘JACK WENT TO THE END OF THEDRIVEWAY TO END THE BULL’S LIFEAND PROTECT ANYONE FROM GETTINGHURT, INCLUDING THE VERY DEPUTIESWHO SHOT AND KILLED HIM.Donna Yantis, widow
