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Ivan Zaytsev
Age :41
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 07/02/2024
Location : Dead end of 5th Avenue Court East near 205th Street East
City : Spanaway
County : Pierce
State : Washington
Agency : Washington State Patrol; Pierce County Sheriff’s Department
Officer(s) : Stephen O’Brien; Chad Helligso; Timothy Piland; Sergeant Daren Witt
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during pursuit
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 07/02/2024, at approximately 10:16 a.m., a Washington State Patrol trooper attempted to stop 41-year-old Ivan Zaytsev for an unspecified traffic violation on State Route 512 near Steele Street in the Parkland area of Pierce County. The precise traffic violation has never been publicly identified. The Pierce County Force Investigation Team later acknowledged that its description of this opening encounter differed from information presented during the first police briefing, saying investigators revised the account after obtaining additional information later that evening.
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According to the official police account, Zaytsev continued driving after the trooper activated emergency lights and siren. Police allege that he fired a gun toward the trooper from his vehicle but have to date not released BWC or dashcam footage documenting this while also not closing the investigation more than 2 years after the fatal shooting.
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Police state that the trooper discontinued direct pursuit, notified dispatch, and provided the vehicle’s license plate, description and direction of travel. The identity of this first trooper has not been separated publicly from the four officers later identified as involved in the fatal encounter. No publicly released investigative report has yet clarified whether the initial trooper was Stephen O’Brien or another WSP employee who was named as one of 4 shooters leading to the death of Ivan Zaytsev.
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Some time later, a WSP trooper and a Pierce County sheriff’s deputy located Zaytsev’s vehicle on State Route 7 near the 19000 block. They allege that they began "following it" rather than immediately initiating a high-speed pursuit. Police reported that Zaytsev stopped, fired toward the trooper and deputy, and then continued south on State Route 7 while police pursued. Authorities alleged that additional shots were fired from his vehicle during the pursuit. Available public statements do not disclose the precise duration or distance of the pursuit, vehicle speeds, dispatch recordings, the number of reported shots, or whether officers attempted spike strips, a PIT maneuver or other vehicle-intervention tactics.
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The pursuit continued into a residential neighborhood off State Route 507 and ended at the dead end of 5th Avenue Court East near 205th Street East in Spanaway. Police said Zaytsev stopped his van, got out and continued firing. Multiple officers returned fire. Photographs and early news coverage showed bullet damage to police vehicles, and authorities said at least one nearby residence which turned out to be Zaytsev's family home where he came to a final stop was struck by gunfire. Zaytsev was hit multiple times, detained and treated by officers and responding paramedics before being pronounced dead at the scene.
The officers officially identified as involved were WSP Trooper Stephen O’Brien, Pierce County Deputy Chad Helligso, Deputy Timothy Piland and Sergeant Daren Witt.
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Before Ivan Zaytsev, two of the four officers had already participated in three fatal police shootings. Zaytsev is the fourth identified fatality involving members of this four-officer group.
The three earlier deaths are:
Michael Lee Bourquin — Chad Helligso — 02/01/2014
Justin Christopher Baker — Chad Helligso — 08/30/2016
Dwayne Michael Fields — Stephen O'Brien — 06/25/2021
Ivan Zaytsev — O'Brien/Helligso/Piland/Witt — 07/02/2024
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At the time, O’Brien was 32 and had worked for WSP for six years; Helligso was 47 with 23 years at the sheriff’s department; Piland was 26 with four years; and Witt was 57 with 30 years. Public PCFIT releases have not specified how many of the four fired, how many rounds each fired, whose bullets struck Zaytsev, what firearms were used, whether Zaytsev’s weapon was recovered and tested, or whether gunshot-residue, trajectory and ballistic examinations supported every element of the initial police narrative.
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More than two years after the killing, PCFIT continued to publish virtually identical weekly notices stating only that the case remained an active investigation. Its 07/24/2026 release still reported no substantive update. Consequently, the complete investigation has not been delivered publicly, no prosecutorial decision has been announced, and no body-camera footage, dashboard-camera footage, dispatch audio, autopsy report, scene reconstruction, officer interviews or complete ballistics findings have been released through the investigation’s public-update process.
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The extreme delay appears to be significant. The public record still does not establish which officer fired the fatal rounds, the number and location of Zaytsev’s wounds, the sequence in which officers fired, whether officers fired simultaneously, whether any police rounds entered nearby homes, or whether every recovered projectile could be assigned to a particular weapon. The four officers’ placement under the single label “involved” should therefore not be treated as proof that all four fired or that O’Brien alone fired the fatal shots. Those determinations remain concealed within an investigation that was still officially open as of July 2026, more than 2 years after the investigation began.
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PRIOR FATAL SHOOTING BY TROOPER STEPHEN O’BRIEN :
Stephen O’Brien had previously killed 34-year-old Dwayne Michael Fields in Fife on 06/25/2021. This was approximately three years before Zaytsev’s death, not a matter of months.
Fife police pursued Fields after a commercial yard truck was reported stolen. The truck was large and reportedly incapable of exceeding approximately 35 mph. Officers followed it through an industrial area, deployed spike strips and attempted to contain it with patrol vehicles. When the truck moved backward in a warehouse parking lot, O’Brien stood near the front of his patrol vehicle with a rifle. Another officer fired a Taser, but only one probe made contact. The truck then moved backward in O’Brien’s direction while another officer attempted to pin one of its wheels with a patrol car.
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O’Brien moved away from the truck and fired his rifle nine times into the cab. Fields was struck once in the back of the neck and three times in the upper back. The truck then rolled into a parked vehicle. O’Brien removed Fields from the cab and attempted aid, but Fields was pronounced dead. Investigators recovered nine cartridge cases, O’Brien’s rifle, dash-camera footage, microphone audio, business surveillance footage and four bullets recovered during the autopsy.
O’Brien declined to provide investigators with a statement about killing Fields. Although officers may invoke constitutional and employment protections rather than participate voluntarily in a criminal investigation, his refusal meant that the criminal review proceeded without a complete voluntary account from the person who fired all nine rifle rounds. The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office ultimately declined to charge him in May 2023.
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A subsequent Washington State Auditor review found serious defects in PCFIT’s investigation of Fields’ death. The team failed to document regular updates to Fields’ family, failed to give the family advance notice of several public releases, did not adequately restrict access to the investigative file, failed to complete all required conflict-of-interest assessments and could not establish that witness officers had been prevented from discussing the shooting before giving statements. Investigators did not interview the witness officers until approximately two and a half weeks after the killing.
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The Fields investigation therefore raises direct concerns about the prolonged PCFIT investigation of Zaytsev’s death. The same regional investigation system that failed multiple independence, communication and case-integrity requirements after O’Brien’s first fatal shooting has now withheld the substantive findings in his second known fatal encounter for more than two years. The available evidence confirms that O’Brien was one of four officers officially connected to the Zaytsev shooting, but the continuing absence of ballistics, video and officer-by-officer firing information prevents a reliable public determination of which officer or officers fired the fatal rounds.
.PRIOR FATAL SHOOTINGS INVOLVING DEPUTY CHAD HELLIGSO :
O'Brien was not the only officer involved in Zaytsev's death who had previously participated in fatal police shootings. Pierce County Deputy Chad Helligso had been involved in two previous fatal shootings before Zaytsev was killed, making Zaytsev the fourth identified fatality involving members of the four-officer group named in the 2024 shooting.
On 02/01/2014, Helligso shot and killed 21-year-old Michael Lee Bourquin during a traffic stop in the Parkland/Spanaway area. Helligso and Deputy Chris Olson stopped a pickup truck in which Bourquin was a passenger. Police knew Bourquin had outstanding felony warrants and wanted to question him in connection with another investigation. According to the official account, Helligso pulled Bourquin from the truck and a physical struggle followed. During the struggle, a fixed-blade knife fell to the ground. Authorities said Bourquin then sprayed Helligso and Olson in the face with bear spray, impairing their vision.
Helligso drew his handgun and fired seven rounds at Bourquin. Bourquin was struck multiple times in the torso and died at the scene. On 06/02/2014, Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist concluded that Helligso's killing of Bourquin constituted justifiable homicide under Washington law.
Bourquin's family subsequently brought a federal civil-rights lawsuit against Helligso and Pierce County, alleging excessive force and seeking approximately $20 million in damages. In 2017, U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton granted summary judgment to Helligso and Pierce County. The court concluded that Helligso's use of deadly force was objectively reasonable under the circumstances and that no reasonable juror could conclude otherwise.
Helligso was involved in another fatal police shooting approximately two and a half years later.
On 08/30/2016, 36-year-old Justin Christopher Baker was shot and killed by Helligso and four other Pierce County deputies: David Sutherland, Brian Coburn, Robert Blumenschine and Roger Fuller. Police responded to Baker's parents' residence after receiving information that Baker was outside with a running chainsaw and had threatened to harm himself and attack responding deputies.
According to the official account, deputies encountered Baker holding and revving the chainsaw. Police ordered him to put it down. One deputy fired a Taser at Baker, but authorities said it did not stop him. Police reported that Baker then advanced toward the deputies with the running chainsaw. Helligso and the four other deputies opened fire.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner documented 27 gunshot wounds to Baker's body and determined that several were potentially fatal. Publicly available records reviewed for this report do not establish how many of those rounds were fired by Helligso individually.
On 01/09/2017, Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist concluded that all five deputies acted lawfully.
Accordingly, before Ivan Zaytsev was killed on 07/02/2024, two of the four officers identified in his fatal encounter had already participated in three fatal police shootings between them: Helligso in the killings of Michael Lee Bourquin in 2014 and Justin Christopher Baker in 2016, and WSP Trooper Stephen O'Brien in the killing of Dwayne Michael Fields in 2021. Zaytsev became the fourth identified fatality involving members of this group.
No verified previous fatal police shooting has presently been identified involving Deputy Timothy Piland or Sergeant Daren Witt. The absence of a publicly identified prior fatality should not be interpreted as a complete assessment of their use-of-force histories, which would require personnel, internal-affairs and firearm-discharge records.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.piercecountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/139376/PCFIT-Press-Release-August-9-2024
https://www.piercecountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/139218/PCFIT-Press-Release-August-2-2024
https://www.piercecountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/138866/PCFIT-Press-Release-July-19-2024
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/suspect-killed-i-5
https://portal.sao.wa.gov/ReportSearch/Home/ViewReportFile?arn=1035784&isFinding=false&sp=false
Jonathan West Nelson
Age :40
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 06/17/2024
Location : 2400 block of NE Andresen Rd
City : Vancouver
County : Clark
State : Washington
Agency : Vancouver Police Department
Officer(s) : Justin Reiner, James Kelly, Jason Haigwood, Philip Wilkening
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during shootout
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Vancouver PD responded to a report about a man with a gun, located him on Andresen Road, deployed a K9 and fired shots at him and killed him. Police apparently also shot their own K9 in the tail, requiring surgery. The “gun” on him was a replica AirSoft.
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Ronald L. Brant
Age :86
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 06/16/2024
Location : Cowlitz County
City : Cowlitz County
County : Cowlitz
State : Washington
Agency : Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Cowlitz County received calls about shots fired. They arrived at an RV park and found a man dead from gunshot wounds. The presumed shooter was found in an RV nearby. When police arrived, the 86-year-old unnamed man committed suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.kptv.com/2024/06/19/man-shot-killed-cowlitz-county-resort-suspect-found-dead-inside-rv/
Vadim Sashchenko
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 06/08/2024
Location : Columbia St and Columbia Way
City : Vancouver
County : Clark
State : Washington
Agency : Vancouver Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Vancouver PD arrived to Columbia Street and Columbia Way on reports that a man was letting an aggressive German shepherd loose and that the dog had bitten one person. Police located the man, allege that he pointed what appeared to be a gun at them, and they shot and killed him. This was the third fatal shooting for Officer Brandon Riedel in 4 years who had previously shot Andrew A. Williams on Oct. 4, 2020 and Joshua James Wilson on May 30, 2023.
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Hazrat Ali Rohani
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : Asian
Date : 06/05/2024
Location : Big 5
City : Renton
County : King
State : Washington
Agency : Renton Police Department
Officer(s) : Aaron Brown Myers
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after biased profiling by security
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Three 17-year-old boys walked into a Big 5 sporting goods store with an airsoft gun they needed to return for a refund because it was defective. They were approached by a 51-year-old man who had profiled them and believed they had the Airsoft gun to rob the sporting goods store with and fired a shot at the boys, killing one of them. The boys had been unarmed and made no attempt to rob anyone. The surviving teens stated that they had told him multiple times that the Airsoft was not real and the man fired on them anyway. The man who shot them is allegedly a security guard who was off duty but took it upon himself to police the store’s parking lot when he arrived to pick up a family member. He is being held on $2 million for second degree murder.
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Michael Aaron Vaughn
Age :48
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/24/2024
Location : 24 Auburn Way S
City : Auburn
County : King
State : Washington
Agency : King County Sheriff’s Office, SWAT, Auburn Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during eviction
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
King County SWAT and Auburn PD arrived at an apartment to evict a man who owed 3 months back rent. Police shot and killed him in his home. Police did not answer whether he had been armed or why he was killed.
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Salih Beslic
Age :47
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/23/2024
Location : 3200 block of Court Street
City : Pasco
County : Pasco
State : Washington
Agency : Pasco County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : T.J. Orth
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Salih Beslic was allegedly swinging a machete when killed by Pasco County deputies.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :67
Gender :Male
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.yelmonline.com/stories/two-arrests-made-in-connection-to-nisqually-river-homicide,342262
Abnel B. Quinones
Age :30
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
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 : Suicide under police duress
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 committed suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.chronline.com/stories/suspect-in-murdersuicide-identified-after-standoff-in-yelm,341111?
Marvin Arellano
Age :37
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 05/17/2024
Location : NB I-5
City : Everett
County : King
State : Washington
Agency : Washington State Patrol
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after road rage incident
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Washington State Patrol responded to a road rage incident on the northbound I-5 in Everett, found a man with a hammer and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/northbound-i-5-marysville-incident.amp
Marcel Delon Goodman
Age :47
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 05/03/2024
Location : South Pacific Avenue and Yew Street
City : Kelso
County : Cowlitz
State : Washington
Agency : Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver and 2 passengers killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Cowlitz County deputies chased a vehicle for reasons they would not disclosed until it crashed, killing the driver and 2 passengers.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.chronline.com/stories/three-killed-after-police-chase-in-cowlitz-county,339626
Joseph Jacob Hadden
Age :38
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/03/2024
Location : Laurel and Front Street
City : Port Angeles
County : Clallam
State : Washington
Agency : Clallam County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during alleged attempted robbery
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Port Angeles Police shot and killed a man who was allegedly trying to rob a bank.
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Jeremy James Pritchard
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 05/03/2024
Location : South Pacific Avenue and Yew Street
City : Kelso
County : Cowlitz
State : Washington
Agency : Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver and 2 passengers killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Cowlitz County deputies chased a vehicle for reasons they would not disclosed until it crashed, killing the driver and 2 passengers.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.chronline.com/stories/three-killed-after-police-chase-in-cowlitz-county,339626
Jamesha Solana Berryman
Age :31
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 05/03/2024
Location : South Pacific Avenue and Yew Street
City : Kelso
County : Cowlitz
State : Washington
Agency : Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver and 2 passengers killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Cowlitz County deputies chased a vehicle for reasons they would not disclosed until it crashed, killing the driver and 2 passengers.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.chronline.com/stories/three-killed-after-police-chase-in-cowlitz-county,339626
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 05/01/2024
Location : Near 7th Avenue and Douglas Street
City : Longview
County : Cowlitz
State : Washington
Agency : Longview Police Department
Officer(s) :
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 05/01/2024, at approximately 10:30 p.m., Longview Police Department officers attempted to stop a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run incident in Longview, Washington. The driver did not stop, leading police to escalate a chase. During the pursuit, the vehicle crashed near 7th Avenue and Douglas Street, resulting in the driver's death. Two occupants of a second vehicle involved in the collision sustained injuries; their current status is unknown. The Longview Police Department is investigating the incident.
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Bruce Coval Meneley, MD
Age :67
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/17/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Seattle
County : King
State : Washington
Agency : Seattle Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during pedophile sting
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Seattle PD ran a sting to catch pedophiles. Retired US Navy doctor Bruce Meneley arrived to meet a 9-year-old and an 11-year-old. Dr. Meneley pulled a gun and was shot and killed by Seattle PD. He had been a high-profile military commander.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/tukwila-hotel-shooting
https://www.kitsapdailynews.com/news/police-kill-hansville-man-in-child-sting-operation/
Benjamin Steven Woods
Age :41
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/13/2024
Location : American Legion building
City : Hazel Dell
County : Clark
State : Washington
Agency : Clark County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Gonzalez, Payne
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after carjacking
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A man accused of carjacking was chased by police until he arrived at the American Legion building. Police arrived with K9s and shot and killed by police.
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Trudy Slanger
Age :83
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 04/11/2024
Location : State Route 525
City : Lynnwood
County : Snohomish
State : Washington
Agency : Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Snohomish County deputies chased a vehicle connected to a domestic violence case and alleged kidnapping and claim to have abandoned the chase just before the vehicle hit a vehicle head-on, killing an 83-year-old female bystander on her way home from church.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sr-525-lynnwood-shut-down-035729657.html
Deolia Blandford
Age :49
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 04/06/2024
Location : Highway 101 and SE Lynch Road
City : Shelton
County : Mason
State : Washington
Agency : Washington State Patrol
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Bystander killed by speeding police vehicle
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Charles Ferree was making a turn when he and his passenger were hit and killed by a speeding police vehicle.
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Charles Ferree
Age :72
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/06/2024
Location : Highway 101 and SE Lynch Road
City : Shelton
County : Mason
State : Washington
Agency : Washington State Patrol
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Bystander killed by speeding police vehicle
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Charles Ferree was making a turn when he and his passenger were hit and killed by a speeding police vehicle.
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Alan Jenks
Age :38
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 03/31/2024
Location : 1800 West Dean
City : Spokane
County : Spokane
State : Washington
Agency : Spokane Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police investigating a fire
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
While investigating a fire in a home, police got into a confrontation with a person at the home. Police said he tried to walk away and they “detained him.” Leading to some altercation. Police further allege that he pulled a gun and they shot and killed him.
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Donald Hagel
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 03/29/2024
Location : 30300 North Monroe Road
City : Deer Park
County : Spokane
State : Washington
Agency : Spokane Police Department, SWAT
Officer(s) : Deputy Josiah Loos, Detective Samuel Turner, and Detective Travis West
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Donald Hagel was accused of child sex crimes, missed a court appointment and Spokane PD with SWAT appeared at his home, breached the door and shot and killed him. It is unknown whether he was armed or a threat to police.
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Lopeti Tanuvasa Aiolupotea-Magalei
Age :40
Gender :Male
Race : Native Pacific Islander
Date : 03/18/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Tacoma
County : Pierce
State : Washington
Agency : Pierce County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during foot chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pierce County deputies saw a group of people gather outside of a dispensary on graveyard shift. Police recognized a man who had an open warrant and took up chase. Police shot and killed the man after a foot chase, alleging that he had pulled a gun.
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Gage Griswold
Age :31
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 03/17/2024
Location : Second Street + Maple Avenue
City : Snohomish
County : Snohomish
State : Washington
Agency : Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Snohomish deputies saw a speeding truck and “followed” the vehicle until it crashed into a pole. The driver died.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/driver-identified-after-deadly-crash-into-pole-in-snohomish/
Tony Lee Haynes
Age :71
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 03/03/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Spokane
County : Spokane
State : Washington
Agency : Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Tony Haynes was in a mental health crisis and tried to light his house on fire when Spokane PD and SWAT bore down on his home for many hours until he committed suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/mar/05/man-who-died-by-suicide-after-domestic-violence-in/
Oscar Morales Saucedo
Age :42
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 02/29/2024
Location : South 128th Street and 22nd Avenue South
City : Burien
County : King
State : Washington
Agency : King County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police tracked a man in a vehicle who had stolen his girlfriend’s dogs until he crashed while fleeing, killing a bystander and gravely injuring a child. Police claim they were only following, not chasing the vehicle.
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Jonathan Gale
Age :53
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/20/2024
Location : 12521 N. E. 152nd Avenue
City : Brush Prairie
County : Clark
State : Washington
Agency : Clark County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic violence
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Jonathan Gale reportedly held his girlfriend’s daughter hostage after she called the police on him. The mother sustained injuries and some sort of domestic incident. Police arrived and shot and killed Gale.
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Sally Ann Yamane
Age :18
Gender :Female
Race : Native Pacific Islander
Date : 02/17/2024
Location : E Springfield Ave and N Hamilton St
City : Spokane
County : Spokane
State : Washington
Agency : Spokane County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Sally Ann Yamane allegedly tried to rob someone, was chased by police until she committed suicide under police duress.
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Eric Cid
Age :50
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 02/12/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Spokane
County : Spokane
State : Washington
Agency : Spokane Police Department
Officer(s) : Jeremy McVay, Brandon Fabian, Ricky LaBelle
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Erick Cid shot and injured a woman he was staying with. Police arrived, got into a shootout, shot and killed him. Officer Brandon Fabian, one of the shooters, had previously killed Shawn McCoy in January of 2021.
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Oscar Venegas
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 02/12/2024
Location : Wellsley + Nevada
City : Spokane
County : Spokane
State : Washington
Agency : Spokane Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police during domestic violence call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A woman called 911 in Spokane, stating a man who had been living with her had shot her at Wellsley and Nevada. Police arrived and shot and killed the man inside of the house.
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Vannak Yun
Age :53
Gender :Male
Race : Asian
Date : 02/07/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Randle
County : Lewis
State : Washington
Agency : Kent County Sheriff’s Office, Lewis County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police from 2 counties had gathered to arrest Vannak Yun for alleged attempted murder and unlawful possession of a weapon when he committed suicide under police duress.
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Craig Anglisano
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/03/2024
Location : Cliff Avenue and Stevens Street
City : Spokane
County : Spokane
State : Washington
Agency : Spokane Police Department
Officer(s) : Michael Brunner, William Braten, Steven Donges, Will Dowsing, Trystan Herzog, Ryan McLucas, Dylan Pavlischak, Andrew Wilson, Chris Johnson
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Spokane Police received a call about a suicidal man in mental health crisis, found him, allege he held 2 guns and shot and killed him. It does not appear that mental health crisis intervention was attempted.
Of the nine officers who all fired bullets into the man, this was Officer Johnson’s fourth shooting. He was cleared for two shootings and has 2 more under investigation. His shootings were in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 so far. Officer Brunner is currently also under investigation for driving twice the speed limit and causing a crash that injured a couple. He was expected to lose his law enforcement certification before this shooting. Officer Chris Johnson had previously killed Robert Bradley.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://my.spokanecity.org/police/news/2024/02/01/officer-involved-shooting-on-lower-south-hill/
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/feb/08/spokane-police-identify-nine-officers-who-shot-at-/
Richard Rogissart
Age :55
Gender :Male
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/
Oscar Venegas
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 01/31/2024
Location : 500 W. Cliff Avenue
City : Spokane
County : Spokane
State : Washington
Agency : Spokane Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Spokane police recall to a mental health crisis of suicidal man and a gun gun. Police arrived, identified demand and nine officers open fire simultaneously, and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jan/31/man-shot-by-police-on-spokanes-south-hill/
Gets in
https://my.spokanecity.org/police/news/2024/02/01/officer-involved-shooting-on-lower-south-hill/
Bystander video:
https://www.kxly.com/news/witness-catches-video-of-deadly-downtown-spokane-shooting/article_cb9216bc-cb90-11ee-9afa-bb3badda0213.html
Alexei Selivanoff
Age :31
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/24/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Lakewood
County : Pierce
State : Washington
Agency : Lakewood Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after chase for possibly stolen car
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Pierce County deputies chased an allegedly stolen car, placed stop sticks and when the vehicle was disabled and the two occupants fled, police shot and killed a man, alleging that he had a gun.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article284842816.html
Corey M. Faulkner
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/14/2024
Location : 200 block of Johnson Road
City : Yakima
County : Yakima
State : Washington
Agency : Selah Police Department, Yakima County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Michael Kramer
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during burglary investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Yakima officers were called to a burglary. A man fled from a vehicle. Police escalated a chase. The man got out of the vehicle and police shot and killed him when finding him in a garage. He is believed to have been unarmed.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/jan/15/burglary-suspect-shot-by-officer-outside-selah-on-sunday/
Rhoda Butler
Age :61
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 01/09/2024
Location : 4000 block of South Bell Street
City : Tacoma
County : Pierce
State : Washington
Agency : Tacoma Police Department, SWAT
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during SWAT siege for mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Rhoda Butler allegedly was known to police for prior mental health issues. On January 9, 2024, she was allegedly firing shots toward her neighbors. SWAT arrived and claim that she pointed a gun at them and then went inside. SWAT eventually accessed her and shot and killed her.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article284303763.html
Jose Rico-Flores
Age :24
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 01/08/2024
Location : The Jackpot Food Mart on 304 F St. SE
City : Quincy
County : Grant
State : Washington
Agency : Grant County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Michael Kvavle, Kyle Talley
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police in convenience store
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Grant County deputies were called to the Jackpot Food Mart for a man with a knife. Police arrived and got into an altercation. An officer was cut at the shoulder. Police shot and killed Jose Rico-Flores.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/03/2024
Location : 1000 block of Urban Street
City : Rothschild
County : Marathon
State : Washington
Agency : Rothschild Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Rothschild PD received a call for a mental health welfare check and arrived. The man they targeted locked himself in a bathroom. He committed suicide under police distress
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Katelynn Rose Smith
Age :29
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 01/01/2024
Location : Columbia Heights Road
City : Longview
County : Cowlitz
State : Washington
Agency : Longview Police Department, Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Elijah Heston, Caitlyn Woolcott-Rose, Dylan Fletcher
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 01/01/2024, Longview police responded to a 911 call on Columbia Heights Road about a woman reportedly attempting suicide. When officers arrived, she grabbed a gun and exited the residence. Police fired upon her 23 times, striking and killing her. The city settled a wrongful-death suit for $2 million, and the case prompted scrutiny over police handling of mental-health emergencies.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.koin.com/news/washington/longview-police-involved-in-new-years-morning-shooting/