Death by Cop- 2024

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Richard James Rogissart

Case # :1623

Gender : Male

Age : 55

Race : White

Date : 02/01/2024

Location : Calispel Street

City : Spokane

County : Spokane

State : Washington

Agency : Spokane County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Hunter Ballou, Matthew Costello, Travis Moser, Parker Perry

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during investigation of mischief

Open records summary :

Spokane County deputies were sent to a residence where a man had been quarreling with a provocative neighbor. The man dismantled a neighbor’s security light that had been bothering him in his home and showed up with a baton. Police assembled a SWAT standoff and bore down on the man in his residence. When he emerged, police shot and killed him. Police refused to say whether he had fired any weapons or presented a threat to police. A police dog was injured. Police did not state how but added that the dog was checked by a vet and was well.

 

Source links :

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jan/30/deputies-shoot-kill-male-in-north-spokane-police-u/

https://www.krem.com/article/news/crime/suspect-killed-deadly-standoff-spokane-county-deputies-north-calispel-street-identified/293-1c3e05fa-3c01-4015-8728-0ba3b78f1123