Death by Cop- 2024

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Name Not Disclosed

Gender : Male

Age : 67

Race : White

Date : 05/21/2024

Location : 10500 block of Old McKenna Rd SE

City : Yelm

County : Thurston

State : Washington

Agency : Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, SWAT, Olympia Police Department, Tumwater Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during standoff

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

A man held a woman hostage in the 1500 block of Old McKenna Road SE. Police bore down on the residence. The man released the woman, set the house on fire and was killed by police. A dead man was found inside of a fire pit. Police identified him as a 67-year-old resident.

 

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.komonews.com/news/local/thurston-county-sheriffs-office-barricaded-armed-person-yelm-washington-state-patrol-wsp-troopers-bomb-squad-swat-team-crime-standoff-tsco-old-mckenna-road-roadways-closed-derek-sanders

https://www.yelmonline.com/stories/two-arrests-made-in-connection-to-nisqually-river-homicide,342262