A newly released Office of Police Accountability report called a deadly Boise police shooting in January 2023 justified, but it also had several recommendations for what officers should have done differently leading up to the incident.
Eli Nash, 32, was on parole for crimes involving possession of sexually exploitative child material and was under investigation by the Boise Police Department over allegations that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl, the Idaho Statesman previously reported .
Police began looking for him in November 2022 after he fled parole supervision and failed to register as a sex offender. Law enforcement grew more concerned after learning that Nash may have been dating a woman with a young child, according to the report.
“Because of the nature of Mr. Nash’s previous offenses, officers were concerned that any child to whom he had access was potentially in danger and may already be a victim of sexual assault,” the city agency wrote in the report, released Tuesday.