Police fire at man allegedly charging police in vehicle

Kirkland police fired a shot at a man they say charged at their officers in a vehicle Monday night.

While officers were walking through a Motel 6 parking lot around 11 p.m., they heard a woman yelling and pointing at a man.

Lieutenant Mike Murray says the man then got into a car and drove around the back of the motel without any lights on.

“One of the officers came back on foot around the front ordered him to stop. He wouldn’t, and then as the officer stepped to the side, the vehicle swerved at the officer and so the officer fearing for his safety fired one round at the vehicle.”

Murray says the man eventually crashed in a nearby car lot. The man is being treated at a hospital.

Police are questioning the woman at the scene.