Officers shoot, kill homicide suspect in White Center

A 22-year-old man is dead after being shot by police on Thursday evening in Seattle’s White Center neighborhood, police said.

The shooting happened at around 5:45 p.m. at a home in the 10000 block of 21st Avenue Southwest, where SWAT and other officers were serving a warrant for a suspect in connection with a homicide that Assistant Chief Deanna Nollette said happened earlier in the year.

Nollette said officers used a PA system to tell the suspect to come out and surrender when a man came out of the house armed with a handgun.

The man fired at officers who returned gunfire, hitting the suspect, Nollette said.

Lifesaving measures were performed on the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.

A gun was recovered from the man’s hand, according to police.

Nollette said the shooting will be investigated by the department’s Force Investigation Team, and there will be oversight by the Office of Police Accountability and the Office of the Inspector General.

The three officers who returned fire at the man were placed on paid administrative leave in accordance with the Seattle Police Department’s policy.

Assistant Chief Nollette briefed the media at the scene. pic.twitter.com/rn6ZAh1t4f

— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) August 6, 2021