Update: Details continue to emerge in Renfro case
David Cole [email protected] | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 7 months AGO
Additional information from an affidavit signed by the Idaho State Police detective who interviewed Jonathan Renfro
COEUR d’ALENE — Sgt. Greg Moore’s body camera was running when he was shot Tuesday morning, according to an affidavit signed by an Idaho State Police detective.
Detective Michael A. Van Leuven wrote in the affidavit that a review of the video footage showed Moore speaking with and being shot by the suspect in his death, Jonathan D. Renfro. Renfro is currently being held by authorities on $2 million bond.
The shooting took place just after Moore ran Renfro’s personal information and asked that Renfro step toward Moore’s patrol vehicle.
After being shot, Moore falls to the ground, causing his body camera to point skyward.
“A short time later Renfro’s face comes back into the frame,” Van Leuven’s affidavit said. “Renfro is seen using a flashlight while searching Sgt. Moore’s person.”
A few seconds later the voices of a man and woman can be heard in the background, and then a car door can be heard shutting and a vehicle being driven away.
Investigators interviewed Cinda Allen who lives on the 2800 block of West Wilbur Ave. and called 911 at 1:30 a.m.Tuesday after hearing a “loud, pop-type noise from the street outside her house,” Van Leuven wrote.
Allen looked outside and saw Moore’s patrol vehicle drive away from the shooting scene and saw Moore lying on the pavement.
Allen’s companion, Chris Werts, told Van Leuven he stepped outside after hearing the loud noise. He said he saw a man standing over Moore, then yelled out at him.
At that point, the man got into the patrol vehicle and sped away, Werts told authorities.
Renfro is also accused of stealing Moore’s patrol vehicle after the shooting.
Renfro’s driver’s license was found in Moore’s possession at Kootenai Health, where the officer was taken in critical condition, Van Leuven’s affidavit said. He died later Tuesday.
Shortly after hearing that a Coeur d’Alene Police Department patrol car was stolen, a Post Falls Police Department officer saw the Coeur d’Alene car traveling approximately 90 mph westbound on Seltice Way near McGuire Road and began pursuing the stolen car.
Minutes later the vehicle was found abandoned near Pointe Parkway and Beck Road near the state line. A K-9 unit found Renfro hiding under a tractor-trailer rig near the Walmart Supercenter.
Bullets for a 9 mm pistol were found in Renfro’s pocket, and Moore’s pistol was found near Renfro, Van Leuven wrote.
A 9 mm pistol was found in a nearby field along with Moore’s flashlight and Renfro's eye glasses.
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