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Christian Demetri Moshofsky

Age : 34

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 08/28/2024

Location : 102 Madison Avenue North, Madison Plaza Apartments

City : Kent

County : King

State : Washington

Agency : Kent Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during response to reported gunfire

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/28/2024, at approximately 12:35 a.m., Kent Police Department officers responded to Madison Plaza Apartments at 102 Madison Avenue North after a 911 caller reported hearing six or seven gunshots. Two officers initially arrived, got out of their patrol vehicles and began searching the area on foot.
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Police reported that additional gunshots came from an upper-floor apartment after officers arrived. Officers believed the shots were directed toward them, although neither of the two police vehicles was struck. One Kent officer fired nine rounds from a department-issued Colt M4LE rifle toward the apartment.
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Additional officers entered and cleared the apartment and found Christian Demetri Moshofsky, 33, on the floor with a gunshot wound to his head. Officers attempted lifesaving measures, but Moshofsky died at the scene.
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Kent police initially reported that Moshofsky apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, based in part on information officers received from one of his relatives. That account proved incorrect. On 08/30/2024, the King County Medical Examiner determined that Moshofsky died from a gunshot wound to the head and classified his death as a homicide. The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office confirmed that the fatal wound resulted from Kent police gunfire.
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Subsequent ballistic testing provided considerably more detail. Investigators determined that 15 cartridge cases recovered at the scene had been fired from a Ruger 5.7mm pistol recovered inside Moshofsky's apartment. Investigators reported that eight shots were fired before police arrived and seven after officers were on scene. Police fired nine rounds in response. Nobody was struck by any of the 15 rounds attributed to Moshofsky's handgun.
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The autopsy recovered two projectiles from Moshofsky. Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory testing subsequently determined that both projectiles had been fired from the Kent officer's Colt rifle, definitively establishing that police gunfire killed Moshofsky rather than a self-inflicted wound.
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The Valley Independent Investigative Team conducted the investigation, led by the Port of Seattle Police Department with Kent police excluded from investigating its own shooting. The investigation was not completed until April 2026, approximately 20 months after Moshofsky was killed. On 04/24/2026, investigators forwarded the completed case to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office for review and a determination of whether criminal charges against the officer were warranted. As of the most recent King County Prosecuting Attorney public case listing located for this update, the matter remained under review.
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Moshofsky's mother, Adrianne Arrington, described her son as a dedicated father who worked to support his son and helped care for his mother, nieces and nephews. She established a verified GoFundMe following his death to assist his family with his burial.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Kent Police Department and the Valley Independent Investigative Team have not publicly identified the officer who fired the nine rounds that killed Moshofsky.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://mynorthwest.com/3981816/officer-involved-shooting-kent-ends-with-suspect-taking-own-life/
https://www.kentreporter.com/2024/08/30/kent-police-officers-shot-reportedly-killed-man-at-madison-plaza-apartments/
https://www.kentreporter.com/2024/09/20/kent-police-officer-fired-9-shots-suspect-7-during-apartment-shooting/
https://www.kentreporter.com/2025/02/14/man-fatally-shot-by-kent-police-had-high-blood-alcohol-level/
https://www.kentreporter.com/news/man-killed-by-kent-police-in-2024-fired-15-shots-from-apartment/
https://www.kentreporter.com/2026/04/29/investigation-continues-in-kent-police-fatal-shooting-of-man/
https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/pao/about-king-county/about-pao/data-reports/public-integrity/2024
GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-christian-moshofsky-memory