King County deputy dies after shooting in Newcastle (naked suspect)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | Saturday, June 22, 2002 | AP

[ValerieUSA]

A King County deputy was shot and killed Saturday in a confrontation with a naked man on a busy arterial in the suburban Newcastle area. A suspect was arrested about an hour later.

"The deputy's gun was used to shoot the deputy several times,'' Sheriff Dave Reichert said.

The officer responded to a report of a naked man disturbing traffic in the 7300 block of Coal Creek Parkway, said spokesman Greg Dymerski of the King County Sheriff's Department.

At one point during the struggle, Dymerski said the officer used pepper spray in an attempt to stop the suspect.

The deputy was shot shortly after 5 p.m. and died at the scene, Dymerski said.

He said officers arrested an adult male suspect at a nearby apartment building about an hour later. He was being held for investigation of murder.The deputy's name was not immediately released.

KOMO-TV said the officer was an eight-year veteran who had a wife and 18-year-old daughter.

Police shut down parts of Coal Creek Parkway, which runs through this suburban city south of Bellevue, for the investigation Saturday night.

[TomGuy]

It is sad that the media chose to bury this story. I heard a few references to it on talk radio yesterday and decided to search out the articles. I was surprised that little attention was paid to the murderous assault on the police officer. Apparently, the story never made it beyond a few local broadcasts/newspapers.

This is even more disconcerting since the media has been replaying over and over the video of the kid getting his head bashed on the police car in southern California.

From what one talk radio commentator said, this atrocity is even "waking up" some of the Blacks in that area. They were supposed to have a big demonstration against the police, but cancelled it and are now supporting the police.

This atrocity should be broadcast and repeated as much or more than the s.California video to show the reality of what can happen when police become afraid to apprehend and detain suspects for fear of their being sued.

[aristeides]

I heard Michael Savage talk about this incident the other night on radio.