Man waving gun at bus stop shot by Seattle police
Jan 21, 2014, 5:57 AM | Updated: 3:52 pm
A man who police say an officer shot while waving a gun at a bus stop just south of downtown Seattle Monday night has died.
According to SPD, officers responded to a report of a man with a gun around 9:40 p.m., at a bus stop located in the 2700 block of 1st Avenue South.
When officers arrived at the scene, they saw another man walking away from the man waving a gun. The man continued to brandish the gun in the presence of officers.
An officer with a patrol rifle shot the man.
Medics took the 26-year-old man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with life-threatening injuries.
No civilians or officers were injured in the incident.
As part of a new SPD policy, a monitoring team also responded to the shooting to make certain the investigation followed all the rules.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
