PICTURED: Man SHOT DEAD By Vallejo Police Was North Bay Recovery Center Therapist

TheCount.com has learned. Jeff Barboa, the man shot and killed after Vallejo Police officers opened fire, was a respected therapist at North Bay Recovery Center in San Rafael, California. Barboa was 44.

The following is from Barboa’s Linkedin page:

“Experienced Director Clinical Operations with a demonstrated history of working in the mental health care industry. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Crisis Intervention, Clinical Supervision, Prevention, and Dual Diagnosis. Strong operations professional with a Psy. D focused in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.”

Barboa was involved in a fatal confrontation with the Vallejo Police Department after they tried to stop a vehicle wanted in connection with a July 26 armed robbery in El Cerrito.

The person associated with the vehicle was reported to be armed and dangerous, police said. The suspect driver did not stop and a high-speed chase began, according to police. The pursuit ended in Richmond about 15 minutes later. The suspect, who was the only person in the vehicle, got out and advanced towards the officers with a machete raised overhead, police said. Officer ordered the man multiple times to drop his weapon and he refused. Officers perceived the suspect as an immediate and deadly threat and fired their duty weapons in order to stop the suspect’s actions, police said. A total of five officers discharged their weapons. The suspect was struck multiple times and was later pronounced deceased at the scene. source

According to their website, North Bay Recovery Center is an drug and alcohol treatment center exclusively for men located in San Rafael, California, part of Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area. “Our rehab facility helps men who are addicted to alcohol or drugs learn the skills needed to heal and live the life they should have had all along. North Bay provides intensive addiction treatment that has proven to work for men of all ages suffering with addiction.”

We called the Vallejo Police Dept. for an update on the shooting, however, we were told that no further information was available.