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The Sheriff's department review board has ruled that the shooting was within departmental policy.

http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x ... Lee-Turner" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Another followup article. http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x ... f-shooting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Turner apparently claimed to have been using rock cocaine since his NFL days. Perhaps that explains why his career was so short.

This situation is really hard to judge with the minimal information given. According to the son, a deputy struck Turner in the legs after he started walking away. He fell, dropped his beer and the sound of the beer bottles bursting caused a deputy to draw and fire. (I would find that difficult, but not impossible, to believe. If Turner was on the ground facing down, what would the threat be to the officers?)

According to the Sheriff's office, Turner became combative and struck a deputy in the back of the head with two beer bottles in a bag, and that's when a deputy fired. The critical elements of the case are the locations of the various deputies in relation to Turner, where the bullets struck him and at what angle, and the location of the beer after the shooting. If there's video, that may resolve these issues.

In any case, I don't think it's possible to judge what took place with the small amount of clearly conflicting information we have.

It's sad that a kid who showed such promise and made it to the NFL went on to live a life filled with alcohol and arrests and trouble.

A sad followup story http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8 ... _headlines" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://northeast.bakersfieldnow.com/new ... -son/71853" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Deacon Turner, former Bengals running back, shot to death by Sheriff's deputy.