Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Kody Dean Olsen
Age : 45
Gender : Male
Race : White
Date : 12/12/2023
Location : 4300 E Vickery Ave
City : Tacoma
County : Pierce
State : Washington
Agency : Pierce County Sheriff’s Department
Officer(s) :Deputy Thomas Dolan, Deputy Ian Beddo, Deputy Brandon Cargill, Deputy Tyler Reid
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 12/12/2023 at about 11:24 p.m., Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputies attempted a traffic stop on a suspected DUI driver near 112th Street East and Vickery Avenue East. The driver did not stop and deputies escalated a chase to the dead end of the 4300 block of East Vickery Avenue. Deputies reported being fired upon and returned gunfire. Police started a standoff ensued and officers eventually removed the man from the vehicle. The man was transported to a hospital with serious injuries and later died of multiple gunshot wounds. Deputies sustained minor injuries during the incident.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.piercecountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/138862/July-12-2024-PCFIT-4300-Vickery-Avenue
https://komonews.com/news/local/tacoma-standoff-shooting-dui-suspect-bullet-hits-pierce-county-deputy-handcuff-belt-uninjured-4300-vickery-ave-east-ois
