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A police officer who killed a popular black musician in Florida lied about the fatal shooting when he called 911, a 60-page State Attorney’s Office report released Tuesday concluded. Palm Beach Gardens police officer Nouman Raja claimed he had not yet killed Jones during the telephone conservation, just minutes after he fired six shots into the man's body.

He “lied,” the State Attorney’s Office report concluded. During the phone call, Raja yelled at Jones to drop the gun. He later told investigators he didn't fire his weapon until after the call.

A separate recording, however, shows Raja fired at Jones about 33 seconds before he made the 911 call. “The audio recording from the call reveals Raja lied when he said he made his 911 call before he fired his second volley of shots,” the report states. You can hear the audio courtesy of the Palm Beach Post here.

Prosecutors released more than 3,000 pages of documents and 50 video and audio recordings Tuesday in the high-profile 2015 shooting. Raja lost his job about three weeks after the shooting. He faces charges of manslaughter by culpable negligence and attempted first-degree murder with a firearm and has remained on house-arrest since June.

Raja was working in plainclothes the night of the shooting, the Miami Herald reported. He encountered Jones, 31, who was waiting for a tow truck after his SUV broke down on Interstate 95 in South Florida. Jones was heading home after a late-night gig in Jupiter with his reggae band and had called AT&T roadside assistance for help. The recordings that counter Raja's narrative came from the AT&T service request.

Raja claimed he identified himself as a police officer and offered to help. Jones declined his assistance, telling Raja, “I’m good.” “Really?” Raja replied twice, according to the recordings.

“This reply was sarcastic and confrontational,” the investigator wrote in his report. “It was obviously not a sincere offer of help. More importantly, the recording reveals Raja never identified himself to be a police officer.”

Instead after Jones refused help, Raja yelled: “Get your f-----g hands up! Get your f-----g hands up!”

Hold on! Hold on!" Jones yelled back.

"Get your f------ hands up! Drop!" Raja replied.

Raja claimed Jones pulled a gun on him. “I said, ‘Hey, man, police, can I help you?’ And the second I said police, he jumped back and I clearly remember him drawing and … pointing a gun at me,” Raja told investigators later that morning.

Raja fired three shots, briefly paused, then fired three more times. Jones’ gun was later found near his body. Raja has pleaded not guilty.

Jones’ brother, Clinton “C.J.” Jones, said he always knew Raja was lying about the incident.

“I listened to every single second of the audio and video and it was pretty crazy to hear my brother’s last words basically crying out for help and a police officer was the one that killed him,” he said. “It doesn’t make any sense. He really is a stupid, selfish, savage, no heart human being to kill Corey Jones.”

Jones lived in the Boynton Beach area and worked as a building manager. He wanted to become a general contractor.