The normally quiet streets of Carmel turned chaotic on a Friday morning in October as a man marched up and down the street near the Golden Bough Playhouse carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle and reportedly yelling “Jesus loves you!”

The man, later identified at 27-year-old James Marshall, was later fatally shot in a confrontation with law enforcement officials.

Three Carmel police officers confronted Marshall in the backyard of his home on Monte Verde, Berkley Brannon of the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office told the Herald.

The Golden Bough’s executive director Stephen Moorer said renovation team leaders and workers were putting the finishing touches on the facility’s renovation that day and there were about 30 people on site when the man appeared waving a rifle and yelling. People were brought inside for safety, Moorer said.

“The man was at the end of the block knocking over barricades, and (then he) walked down the other block at 9th street kicking over barricades down there.” Moorer says Marshall came back toward the playhouse waving a rifle in the air and yelling, “Jesus loves you. Jesus is coming.”

The rifle resembled an assault weapon but was BB gun, Brannon later reported.

At one point Moorer was able to film the man walking down the block, but when he turned and started walking toward the Golden Bough, the clip stops because the man realized he was being filmed.

Police went to the home of the suspect and Marshall emerged with the gun and crowbar. Officers ordered him to drop his weapons. When he didn’t comply, an officer shot him with a bean-bag launcher. Marshall retreated into the backyard with officers following. He then grabbed a door, which was off its hinges, and used it as a shield. He then threw the door at the officers and moved toward them. An officer then opened fire, shooting Marshall six times. But Marshall had a bullet-proof vest on and didn’t go down. He then began approaching the officers again with a crowbar. After failing to stop Marshall with a taser, an officer fatally shot him.

Big investment

Toyota announced a $500 million investment in Joby Aviation, which is pioneering an electric air taxi and has a pilot production facility in Marina.

“Today’s investment builds on nearly seven years of collaboration between our companies,” said JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby Aviation, in a press release at the time. “The knowledge and support shared by Toyota has been instrumental in Joby’s success and we look forward to deepening our relationship as we deliver on our shared vision for the future of air travel.”

The investment will be made in two equal tranches, is subject to standard regulatory approvals and certain other conditions, finalization of collaborative and commercial agreements, according to Joby, and with respect to the second tranche, the finalization of terms related to a strategic alliance focused on commercial manufacturing and certain other conditions.

“With this additional investment, we are excited to see Joby certify their aircraft and shift to commercial production,” said Tetsuo “Ted” Ogawa, who signed the agreement as the operating officer on behalf of Toyota Motor Corporation, in the release. “We share Joby’s view that sustainable flight will be central to alleviating today’s persistent mobility challenges.”

Joby has been doing business and developing a manufacturing facility in Marina for about the past seven years where it launched production of its aircraft at its Pilot Production Plant with the first aircraft rolling off the line in June 2023. It also announced at that time that Ogawa, Toyota Motor North America president and CEO, had been named to Joby’s Board of Directors.