BOISE, Idaho — An Ada County Sheriff's deputy is in the hospital with stab wounds, and a man who, according to the sheriff's office, pulled a knife and stabbed the deputy during a struggle Monday morning is dead.
What the Ada County Sheriff's Office initially characterized as a "confrontation that resulted in an officer-involved shooting" on Interstate 84 near Eisenman Road began unfolding at about 2 a.m. The Eisenman Road interchange is located south of the Micron Technology campus in southeast Boise, between the Gowen Road and Blacks Creek exits.
The sheriff's office said a driver called Ada County Emergency 911 dispatch reporting what appeared to be two men wearing dark clothing walking on the right eastbound lane of traffic on I-84. It turned out to be one man walking with a bike. The caller said at least two trucks had to swerve out of the way to avoid hitting the man.
Deputies who responded to the call walked up and asked the man to get off of the highway. The man "refused, yelled at the deputies, and kept going," according to a news release from the sheriff's office, which added that after a few more minutes of trying to talk to the man, a team of four deputies decided to take the man into custody in order to get him off the highway.
Here's what happened next, according to the sheriff's office:
- When one of the deputies grabbed the man's backpack, the man swung around and grabbed the deputy. As a struggle between the two began, the man pulled out a knife and stabbed the deputy multiple times as they fell on the ground.
- Two other deputies then fired their guns at the man, incapacitating him. Deputies did first aid on the man until paramedics arrived. The man was pronounced dead a brief time later at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. The Ada County Coroner identified him as Jared Decker of Boise. He was 40 years old. The coroner determined that he died of multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, and has ruled the manner of death as homicide.
- Another deputy got the injured deputy into a patrol car and drove the injured deputy to meet an ambulance closer to Boise. The Ada County Sheriff's Office said Monday afternoon that the deputy had multiple surgeries and is listed in stable condition.
All eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 were closed for about nine hours near Eisenman Road in southeast Boise while crews gathered evidence at the scene. They reopened shortly before 11:30 a.m.
I-84 heading east from Boise blocked after shooting
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