Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Neil Alexander Costin

Gender : Male

Age : 32

Race : White

Date : 11/18/2022

Location : I-5 in Olympia

City : Olympia

County : Thurston

State : Washington

Agency : Washington State Patrol

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during investigation

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Neil Alexander Costin allegedly carjacked a semi-truck and drove it erratically before crashing it into the median. When police arrived, he hid inside of the vehicle before leaving and running toward police with a box cutter. Washington State Patrol shot and killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.king5.com/article/traffic/traffic-news/southbound-i-5-thurston-county-semi-carjacking-rolled/281-233e8b65-b130-4ef4-9a2d-7b9a3b440f48

https://komonews.com/news/local/police-shot-killed-i-5-carjacker-after-he-charged-them-with-a-knife-investigators-say-washington-state-patrol-thurston-county

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/nanaimo-man-identified-as-person-killed-by-police-in-hijacking-of-truck-near-seattle