Witnesses say Jason Russell ran along a street in his underwear , screaming . He was shot and killed by police officers who were responding to the scene of an armed robbery at a nearby convenience store. `` He is , and will remain , under hospital care for a number of weeks ; and after that , the recovery process could take months before he is fully able to step back into his role with Invisible Children , '' it said . Russell founded Invisible Children , which made the film about warlord Joseph Kony . His `` Kony 2012 '' video has nearly 85 million YouTube views .
Witnesses say Jason Russell ran along a street in his underwear , screaming . He was shot and killed by police officers who were responding to the scene of an armed robbery at a nearby convenience store. Russell founded Invisible Children , which made the film about warlord Joseph Kony . His `` Kony 2012 '' video has nearly 85 million YouTube views .