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Washington state troopers shot a man who reportedly advanced on them with a knife after stopping his truck and setting it on fire on a busy bridge Monday night. The man has died from wounds sustained during the shooting.
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Moses Lake Police were investigating Roberto Escamilla Mendoza, 36, for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine. An informant was used to set up a drug deal with Mendoza at Lep-re-kon Harvest Foods as part of a police operation.
Read More →SWAT teams in western Washington state were looking for a suspect who fled a courthouse Friday after allegedly shooting a female officer and stabbing a judge who came to her assistance.
Read More →The Bellevue (WA) Police Department has closed two substations to limit contact with the public amid the outbreak of COVID-19—also known as the coronavirus—in the Seattle area.
Read More →Two Kirkland, WA, police officers followed department policies and procedures when they roughly arrested a fleeing 14-year-old suspect in a YMCA teen center, according to a final report following an investigation of the arrest.
Read More →The chase ended when officers used spikes to deflate the stolen patrol vehicle’s tires and a Tukwila officer performed a PIT maneuver.
Read More →Voters in Washington will decide on Tuesday whether that state should lower the barrier to prosecuting police for use of deadly force. Ballot initiative 940 would remove the state's malice requirement, which says prosecutors must prove an officer acted with "evil intent" when bringing criminal charges for killing in the line of duty.
Read More →Authorities arrested a man from Nevada on Wednesday near the University of Washington and found weapons, six firebombs and maps to three Seattle college campuses.
Read More →One bill requires officers to employ de-escalation tactics, use the least amount of physical force necessary and limits the use of deadly force to situations where there's an imminent threat of serious injury or death.
Read More →Toward the end of the pursuit, the suspect's front left wheel fell off of his vehicle. He eventually began to brake, jumping out and running around the front of the car. The car continued to roll after he leaped out.
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