Apr 11, 2022 · Elias Aurelio Cerdas is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter after he allegedly shot Joseph “Joe” Johnson in Johnson’s backyard during a February 2021 manhunt. A grand jury indicted...

Elias Aurelio Cerdas, a 26-year-old officer who graduated from training less than a year before the shooting, was indicted Friday for felony involuntary manslaughter. The Feb. 8 shooting left...

Apr 11, 2022 · IDAHO FALLS — Camera footage of the shooting of Joseph Johnson was shown publicly for the first time Monday during the jury trial of the officer who shot him. In the video, Idaho Falls Police...

Feb 11, 2021 · Joseph “Joe” Johnson, 37, was identified by his relatives on Wednesday, two days after he stood in his yard in Idaho Falls and was gunned down by an officer. Cops mistook Johnson for a suspect, Tanner J. N. Shoesmith, 22, who had fled his vehicle at a traffic stop and was believed to be armed.

Apr 12, 2022 · Cerdas was indicted on a charge of felony involuntary manslaughter after he shot Joseph “Joe” Johnson in Johnson’s backyard during a February 2021 manhunt. Johnson was not the suspect but was...

Jul 1, 2022 · An attorney for the family of Joseph Johnson has requested records from the brief jury trial of Elias Cerdas, the Idaho Falls police officer who shot and killed him.

Feb 12, 2021 · Shortly after midnight, Joseph “Joe” Johnson died in his backyard after being shot by an Idaho Falls Police Department officer, whose name has not yet been released. Law enforcement was in...

Jan 10, 2022 · An investigator testified in court Monday that the victim, Joe Johnson, was first shot and then run over by a car. Anthony McCall is accused of killing Johnson. In McCall’s preliminary...

Mar 1, 2021 · Joe Johnson was shot and killed by police in his Idaho Falls, Idaho, back yard by mistake earlier this month while police was searching the neighborhood for a suspect who fled a traffic stop.

Aug 2, 2021 · Elias Aurelio Cerdas, 26, faces a charge of felony involuntary manslaughter in the Feb. 8 killing of Joe Johnson in Idaho Falls. He is to be arraigned on Aug. 23, the Idaho attorney general’s...