Shoop was killed around 9:40 p.m. Monday night when a suspect reportedly opened fire on him and another Bothell officer after a short vehicle pursuit that ended with a crash. The pursuit was triggered by an attempted traffic stop on a Pontiac G5.
The Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team (SMART)
released the following information
Tuesday: "According to video footage and witnesses, a male exited the Pontiac and walked towards the police SUV while firing a handgun at it. The male then ran from the scene as the police SUV continued forward, glanced off the Pontiac and rolled several hundred yards before coming to a stop against a tree."
Aaron Snell, spokesperson for SMART, said there was “an exchange of gunfire” after the crash, which nearby residents captured on cell phone video. The SMART report said it appears the 2nd officer returned fire from Shoop's passenger seat.
Responding officers found Shoop dead at the scene, and the second officer wounded. The second officer was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He has since been released.
A suspect was captured inside Bothell around 3:20 a.m. Police say the suspect was found on the roof of a business about 1,000 feet from where the shooting happened, after he became stuck between two buildings.