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Sheriff Backs Deputy in Shooting
The Seattle Times via YellowBrix
June 21, 2011
NAPAVINE, Wash. — Lewis County Sheriff Steve Mansfield says a deputy apparently was justified in fatally shooting a man at Napavine.
Mansfield told KING that it appears the deputy followed training in an encounter early Monday near a home where a man armed with a knife had reportedly tried to break in.
Deputy Stacy Brown says there are stab marks through the front door and through the hood of a parked pickup truck.
The sheriff’s office says the deputy saw the suspect and fired when he refused to take his hands out of his pockets and charged the deputy. The 33-year-old Napavine man died at the scene.
Brown says investigators think the man and the resident may have known each other.
Redsky
almost 2 years ago
2970 Comments
Bump CAZ.
Irishcop1961
almost 2 years ago
36888 Comments
Bump CAZ.
CAZ
almost 2 years ago
1428 Comments
LEO goes home and the Subject is no longer a threat enough said.
esu
almost 2 years ago
498 Comments
Sure is nice to see the brass back a guy up instead of throwing him under the wheels of the bus.
Fredder
almost 2 years ago
190 Comments
Sounds like a solid shoot.
Robocop33
almost 2 years ago
14352 Comments
Sounds like a good shoot to me as well. Glad to see the head of the agency ready to stand up for his people right away.