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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Another fatal police shooting today in Vancouver WA....So who wins the pool?

Posted: 9/7/2010 10:55:36 AM EDT

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012830672_policeshooting08m.html

3 officers shoot armed man in Vancouver

A man who refused to put down a gun was shot by three officers and killed early Tuesday in Vancouver.

By The Associated Press

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A man who refused to put down a gun was shot by three officers and killed early Tuesday in Vancouver.

The Columbian reports police had responded to a report of an armed man about 3:30 a.m. at an intersection just west of downtown.

Police spokeswoman Kim Kapp told KGW-TV the man was "engaging in threatening activity" and refusing officer commands when he was shot.

A neighbor reported hearing six to eight shots. No officers were injured.

It was the seventh officer-involved killing in Washington in little more than two weeks.

Posted: 9/7/2010 11:03:21 AM EDT

[#1]

jonathon had Portland. Thats pretty dam close.

Posted: 9/7/2010 11:26:06 AM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
It's always a safe bet to go with Portland

Quoted:
Where? I dunno. But I say between 2pm Monday and 4pm Tuesday.

Posted: 9/7/2010 11:56:47 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:

Quoted:

It's always a safe bet to go with Portland

Quoted:

Where? I dunno. But I say between 2pm Monday and 4pm Tuesday.

The Squirrel wins or would it be loses?

Posted: 9/7/2010 11:57:50 AM EDT

[#4]

Let's call it a tie. We both only had part of the specifics.

Posted: 9/7/2010 12:23:01 PM EDT

[#5]

This would made a great update to the already running thread.

Posted: 9/7/2010 12:23:52 PM EDT

[#6]

Vancouver counts as Portland in many circles...

Not a good situation...

Posted: 9/7/2010 1:15:33 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

This would made a great update to the already running thread.

There was too much overquoting in the other thread.

Posted: 9/7/2010 2:36:19 PM EDT

[#8]

My daughter was sleepimg 1 block away when this happened. When I called she hadn't heard a thing... Shooting was at or near the interseaction of 4th plain and fruitvalley rd.

Posted: 9/7/2010 2:49:37 PM EDT

[#9]

Suicide by cop?

Posted: 9/7/2010 2:59:08 PM EDT

[#10]

this is getting ridiculous...what's with criminals and cops in this state lately?

Posted: 9/7/2010 4:17:35 PM EDT

[#11]

the state has released more than a few more than a little early.

Posted: 9/7/2010 4:48:50 PM EDT

[#12]

More than a little strange...

Posted: 9/7/2010 5:34:32 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

Vancouver counts the same as Portland,Seattle, Pe Ell, Auburn, or Monroe in many circles...

Yep, All y'all are Coasties.

Posted: 9/7/2010 6:08:43 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Vancouver counts the same as Portland,Seattle, Pe Ell, Auburn, or Monroe in many circles...

Yep, All y'all are Coasties.

Ouch !

Posted: 9/7/2010 7:15:57 PM EDT

[#15]

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/07/one-dead-officer-involved-shooting/

Vancouver, WA — Vancouver police
officers early Tuesday shot and killed a man they described as armed and
threatening. Investigators spent most of the day piecing together the
circumstances that led to the shooting, which occurred on the street in
the 3000 block of Fruit Valley Road, just north of West Fourth Plain
Boulevard.

Detectives spent Tuesday focused on the shooting scene and the
apartment of the dead man at Fruit Valley Commons, 1912 W. 31st St. They
also searched the man’s white Chevrolet pickup truck.

The situation that resulted in the shooting remains unclear. Neighbors say they heard yelling, then shots.

A disturbance was reported to 911 at 3:35 a.m., according to police
logs. A man was reportedly walking in the neighborhood, armed with a
handgun.

When police arrived, they said, they directed the man to drop his
weapon. He refused. Three officers then fired on the man, who was
pronounced dead at the scene.

No police officers were injured.

They recovered the man’s handgun at the scene, said Kim Kapp, a police department spokeswoman.

Kapp provided few details Tuesday, and said the officers’ names and
the name of the deceased would be released today. Officials said they
want to ensure through fingerprinting and an autopsy that they have a
definitive match before releasing the man’s name.

Neighbors described the man as an Iraq War veteran.

Sarah Selby, whose fence runs along Fruit Valley Road opposite of
where 28th Street intersects, said she counted between six and eight
shots. By some neighbors’ accounts, as many as 14 shots were fired.

"It was insanely loud,” said Selby, who first heard a yell, then "boom, boom, boom.”

"I thought we were under military attack,” she said.

Three blocks of Fruit Valley Road near Fourth Plain Boulevard were blocked for several hours, but reopened just before 1 p.m.

The overnight incident was the seventh officer-involved shooting in Washington in the past three weeks:

• On Saturday, a man was killed in a confrontation with Snohomish
County sheriff’s deputies at Gold Bar after they used a stun gun.

• On Friday, police shot and killed a man who was waving a knife at a bus stop in Tacoma.

• On Friday night, Seattle police shot and wounded a man who leveled a
rifle at officers. Police said the wounded man remained in stable
condition Tuesday.

• Federal Way police on Aug. 31 shot and killed a man in a stolen truck they said tried to run down an officer.

• That same day, a man stopped breathing after Pierce County deputies
used a stun gun on him during a disturbance at an apartment in
Spanaway.

• On Aug. 30, a Seattle officer shot and killed a wood carver at a downtown intersection when he refused to put down his knife.

• On Aug. 25, a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed the
owner of a Spokane Valley nursery who had armed himself to check on what
he thought was a prowler in the parking lot.Laura McVicker of The Columbian and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

http://www.kptv.com/news/24906625/detail.html

VANCOUVER, Wash. –– An armed man died Tuesday morning after being shot by Vancouver police officers.

Police
were called to the 3000 block of Fruit Valley Road at 3:30 a.m. after
receiving reports of an armed man making threatening statements.When officers arrived, they ordered the man to put down his gun, but he refused, said police spokeswoman Kim Kapp.Three officers opened fire and shot the man, police said. The man died at the scene.Kapp said police recovered the man's weapon.Police said they found at least one handgun in the suspected gunman's car and several rifles in an apartment.The
man's name has not been released. The names of the officers involved in
the shooting also have not been released by the Police Department.Neighbors said the man who was shot was a 23-year-old military veteran who recently served in the Middle East."It's
just close to home because everybody knows who everybody is. This guy
that passed away, he's just a real nice guy, he was really warm, caring
and it's just hard," said Vera Dahlin, who lives in the area.Other
neighbors said the man lived with his fiancé and a 19-month-old child.
They said he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and was
worried about being sent back to the Middle East to fight.The man who was killed and the woman he lived with had a volatile relationship, according to neighbors."They
party a little bit and, when they do ... they fight a little bit.
Things get out of control," said Cheri Miller, who lives nearby. "Lots
of screaming, 'I didn't do it,' or 'This is mine.' Little snippets here
and there."Vancouver police have not released any other details about the incident.

Posted: 9/7/2010 8:23:57 PM EDT

[#16]

"I thought we were under military attack"

Proof that when you get an idiot to comment.. they will make an idiotic comment

Posted: 9/7/2010 8:45:48 PM EDT

[#17]

12 has the video, she's even dumber on TV, remember the guy who talked about thinking his roof would collapse from the sonic boom when the military flight went up north for the float plane?

The 'tards are the ones doing the most breeding.