Pidyon Shevuyim
11-09-2005, 09:33 PM
The name of a 25-year-old man fatally shot Sunday by Redmond police was not made public Monday, pending an examination by the King County Medical Examiner's Office.
The name of the officer involved probably won't be released until Wednesday.
Some neighbors in the Windwood Village town homes north of downtown Redmond described the victim as a quiet, reclusive person. He had no criminal record, and police reported no contact with him before Sunday.
Redmond police public-information officer Stacey Holland said the police officer has been with the department for about two years. The fatal shooting was the first involving a Redmond officer in about 30 years, according to Holland.
The shooting took place about 8:30 p.m. at the town homes in the 15800 block of Northeast 95th Way. Holland said police went to the town home when the father of the 25-year-old called 911 and said his son was threatening to kill himself.
When officers arrived, the son had locked himself in a bathroom with a knife, said Holland.
Officers tried to talk him out of the bathroom but were unsuccessful. They then forced their way in and found the man with a self-inflicted knife wound to his neck, Holland said.
"In spite of verbal commands given to the subject by the officers to drop the knife, the subject started advancing toward the officers — with a knife — in a threatening position," Holland added.
Officers "repeatedly ordered the man to drop the knife," she continued. "He did not comply."
Officers then fired a Taser, a nonlethal disabling weapon, but the man was unaffected by the shot, Holland said. "The subject continued to close the distance between himself and the officers, knife in hand.
"One officer was forced to fire two rounds, fatally wounding the subject," Holland said.
The incident is under investigation by the King County Sheriff's Office, and the officer has been placed on administrative leave. Both are standard procedures by law-enforcement agencies after officer-involved shootings, to avoid conflicts of interest and to aid in emotional adjustment.
The man grew up in the Bridle Trails area of Bellevue, and one neighbor remembered him as a wonderful child.
"He was the greatest, most well-behaved little kid," said a woman who lives on 126th Avenue Northeast in the Compton Trails neighborhood. The family later moved, and the woman, who declined to give her name, lost touch.
The family was active at the Bellevue First Presbyterian Church. A pastor at the church said services for the shooting victim will be held there.
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The name of the officer involved probably won't be released until Wednesday.
Some neighbors in the Windwood Village town homes north of downtown Redmond described the victim as a quiet, reclusive person. He had no criminal record, and police reported no contact with him before Sunday.
Redmond police public-information officer Stacey Holland said the police officer has been with the department for about two years. The fatal shooting was the first involving a Redmond officer in about 30 years, according to Holland.
The shooting took place about 8:30 p.m. at the town homes in the 15800 block of Northeast 95th Way. Holland said police went to the town home when the father of the 25-year-old called 911 and said his son was threatening to kill himself.
When officers arrived, the son had locked himself in a bathroom with a knife, said Holland.
Officers tried to talk him out of the bathroom but were unsuccessful. They then forced their way in and found the man with a self-inflicted knife wound to his neck, Holland said.
"In spite of verbal commands given to the subject by the officers to drop the knife, the subject started advancing toward the officers — with a knife — in a threatening position," Holland added.
Officers "repeatedly ordered the man to drop the knife," she continued. "He did not comply."
Officers then fired a Taser, a nonlethal disabling weapon, but the man was unaffected by the shot, Holland said. "The subject continued to close the distance between himself and the officers, knife in hand.
"One officer was forced to fire two rounds, fatally wounding the subject," Holland said.
The incident is under investigation by the King County Sheriff's Office, and the officer has been placed on administrative leave. Both are standard procedures by law-enforcement agencies after officer-involved shootings, to avoid conflicts of interest and to aid in emotional adjustment.
The man grew up in the Bridle Trails area of Bellevue, and one neighbor remembered him as a wonderful child.
"He was the greatest, most well-behaved little kid," said a woman who lives on 126th Avenue Northeast in the Compton Trails neighborhood. The family later moved, and the woman, who declined to give her name, lost touch.
The family was active at the Bellevue First Presbyterian Church. A pastor at the church said services for the shooting victim will be held there.
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