Police: Man who went for officer’s gun fatally shot by police in North Bend
Nov 17, 2021, 7:37 AM | Updated: 12:46 pm
(Photo courtesy of the Bellevue Police Department/Twitter)
(Photo courtesy of the Bellevue Police Department/Twitter)
A 33-year-old man was shot and killed by a police officer in a public park in North Bend.
It happened at 11 p.m. Tuesday at Torguson Park near East North Bend Way. The park closes at 9 p.m.
Bellevue police said a Snoqualmie/North Bend police officer approached a group of people in the park, there was an altercation of some sort, and a man went for the officer’s weapon.
The officer shot the man, who died.
and a person went for the officer’s weapon. The officer shot the subject, who is deceased.
— Bellevue, WA Police (@BvuePD) November 17, 2021
The officer was not hurt.
The Independent Force Investigation Team-King County, which investigates police use of deadly force incidents for 13 partner agencies, is at the scene.
