Idaho State Police detectives are still trying to piece together details of an incident in Adams County, involving a bad wreck and a loose bull, that resulted in the shooting death of a Council man. The incident occurred at approximately 6:34 p.m. Sunday, November 1. Adams County sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash. But the other injured party made their job nearly impossible, as the furious animal began charging.
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“The bull was very agitated and was aggressive to emergency services, as well as the other cars coming up and down the highway”, Zollman said.
Yantis allegedly arrived with a rifle just as deputies chose to put down the animal. The gentleman involved, Mr. Yantis, was a well-known cattle rancher around here. State police said in a statement that both Yantis and two deputies fired their weapons. Mr. Yantis sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. “This is going to be a big hit to this community”, the Adams County sheriff says.
Killeen served as the Ada County sheriff for 20 years.
A Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center spokesman said that on Monday afternoon she was in critical condition. Their names have not yet been released.
“The likelihood of somebody doing something wrong with multiple agencies involved, it’s just extremely low because you would have to have all these people acting together and what’s their incentive?” he said. The two people injured in the vehicle crash were taken to a Boise hospital. Their condition is not known at this time.
Idaho’s KTVB.com reports that Yantis was called by emergency dispatchers who believed the bull was his.
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Yantis was declared dead at the scene.
