Man killed in officer involved shooting with Lakewood Police
Jun 19, 2013, 9:00 AM | Updated: 9:14 am
Lakewood police shot and killed a man in a confrontation Tuesday night at a duplex in the Tillicum area.
Lakewood police Lt. Jeff Alwine says officers went to a duplex looking for a man wanted on an arrest warrant accusing him of felony theft.
Alwine says two officers saw the 28-year-old Lakewood man through a broken window holding a gun. He refused commands to drop the gun and come out.
“The officers gave him several commands to drop the gun which he did not do, and sometime during that contact with him he took some action that led the officers to believe they were in immediate danger,” says Alwine.
Alwine says the threatening action caused the officers to fire.
“The suspect went down inside the residence. Officers went in and secured him. There were no other people inside the residence and (officers) requested medical aid,” says Alwine.
He died at the scene.
