ELVIN DEAN LAND

CUSTODIAL DEATH REPORT Agency Information CDR Number: 24-905-UF Version Type: AMENDED 6/25/2024 11:41 Report Date: Status: Submitted AM Agency/Facility Information Agency Name: Jasper Police Dept. Agency Address: 555 S. Main St. Agency City: Jasper Agency State: TX Agency Zip: 75951 Director Information Director Salutation: Chief Director First Name: Franklin Director Middle Name: G Director Last Name: Hall Reporter Name: Joshua Hadnot Reporter Email: [email protected] Decedent Information Identity of Deceased Custodial Death Report :: Page 1 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- First Name: ELVIN Middle Name: DEAN Last Name: LAND Suffix: Date of Birth: 5/28/1957 Sex: Male Black or African Race: American Age At Time Of Death: 67 Date/Time of Custody (arrest, incarceration) (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM): Date/Time of Custody or 6/4/2024 5:23 AM Incident: Date/Time of Death (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM): Death Date and Time: 6/4/2024 5:25 AM Manner / Cause of Death Has a medical examiner or coroner conducted an evaluation to determine a cause of death? Medical Examiner/Coroner Yes, results Evaluation?: pending What was the manner of death? (select only one) Homicide (includes Manner of Death: Justifiable Homicide) Custodial Death Report :: Page 2 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- Medical Cause of Death: Medical Cause of Death: Death due to gunshot wounds. Had the decedent been receiving treatment for the medical condition that caused the death after admission to your jail's jurisdiction? Medical Treatment: No If death was an accident, homicide or suicide, who caused the death? Law Who caused the death?: enforcement/correctional personnel If a weapon caused the death, what type of weapon caused the death? (Hold CTRL to select all that apply) Type of weapon that caused Rifle/shotgun death?: Was the cause of death the result of a pre-existing medical condition or did the decedent develop the condition after admission? Not Applicable; cause of death was Pre existing medical accidental injury, condition?: intoxication, suicide or homicide If death was an accident, homicide or suicide, what was the means of death? Means of Death: Firearm Location / Custody Information Custodial Death Report :: Page 3 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- Where did the event causing the death occur? Street Address: 109 Parker Drive City: Jasper County: Jasper Zip: 75951 What location category best describes where the event causing the death occurred? Location Category: Residence/Home What type of custody/facility was the Decedent in at the time of death: Pre-Custodial Use Type of Custody: of Force Specific type of custody/facility: Specific Type of Custody/Facility: Custody of Law Enforcement Personnel during/fleeing arrest What was the time and date of the deceased's entry into the law enforcement facility where the death occurred (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM): Entry Date Time: Entry Date Time N/A: Where did the death occur? Death Location: Scene of incident General Information Custodial Death Report :: Page 4 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- Did any other law enforcement agencies respond to calls for service related to this incident? Other Agencies Respond?: Yes What were the most serious offense(s) with which the deceased was (or would have been) charged with at the time of death? Offense 1: Attempted Capital Murder of Police Officer Offense 2: Offense 3: Not filed at time of Were the Charges:: death What were the types of charges or reason for contact? (Hold CTRL to select all that apply) Alcohol / drug Type of Offense: offense At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent display or use a weapon? Decedent display/use of Yes, mark all that weapons: apply Decedent Display or Use Discharged firearm Weapon Details: At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent: Yes (select all that Attempt to Injure Others?: apply) Injured law Ways Decedent Attempted To enforcement Injure Others: personnel Custodial Death Report :: Page 5 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent: Appear intoxicated (alcohol or N/A Make suicidal statements?: N/A drugs): Exhibit any mental health N/A Exhibit any medical problems?: N/A problems?: At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent: Barricade self or initiate Resist being handcuffed or Yes N/A standoff?: arrested?: Physically attempt/assault Gain possession of officer's N/A N/A officer(s): weapon: Verbally threaten other(s) Escape or attempt to N/A N/A including law: escape/flee custody: Attempt gain possession N/A officer's weapon: Was the deceased under restraint in the time leading up to the death or the events causing the death? Under Restraint: No Summary of Incident Summary of How the Death Occurred: (max. 30,000 characters) Summary: The decedent lived at 109 Parker Dr, Jasper, Texas. His nephew, Brian Keith Land, b/m, age 46, lived in the house with the decedent. During a narcotics investigation, the Jasper Police Department received information that Brian Keith Land was in possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, inside the residence at 109 Parker Dr., and had recently sold controlled substances from the residence. An affidavit for a search warrant was prepared by a Jasper Police Department officer, and presented to a District Judge, requesting a warrant to search the residence. The affidavit was approved, and a search warrant issued. On the morning of 06/04/2024, the Jasper Police Department's SWAT team, accompanied by other Jasper Police Department officers and an officer from the Jasper County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety drove to 109 Parker Dr to execute the search warrant. The plan was for the SWAT team to enter the residence and secure the occupants. After the occupants of the residence were secured, other officers were to search the residence. The SWAT team forcibly entered the house at 5:23am on 06/04/2024. Upon entering the house, the team members were yelling "Jasper Police - Search Warrant". Immediately upon entering the residence they encounter a w/m laying on the couch. The white male followed instructions given to him by the officers and was handcuffed. Brian Keith Land was encountered in a bedroom in the front of the house. He too followed instructions from the police and was handcuffed. The officers moved down the hallway to the Custodial Death Report :: Page 6 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- rear of the house, clearing a bathroom and another bedroom on the way. Two officers approached the door to the bedroom at the rear of the house and found it to be locked. One of the officers forced the bedroom door open and entered, followed by another officer. Immediately upon entering the bedroom, the decedent fired a 9mm pistol at the officers, striking one in his protective vest. Both officers returned fire killing the decedent. Custodial Death Report :: Page 7 of 7