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Seattle Times
Off-duty state trooper fatally shoots intruder at his South Kitsap home
An off-duty trooper with the Washington State Patrol shot and killed a man who allegedly attacked him with a steel rod after coming on to property at the trooper's South Kitsap County home Saturday night, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office said Sunday.
By Amy Martinez
Seattle Times staff reporter
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An off-duty trooper with the Washington State Patrol shot and killed a man who allegedly attacked him with a steel rod after coming on to property at the trooper's South Kitsap County home Saturday night, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office said Sunday.
The confrontation began at about 11:30 p.m. when the trooper learned "of an unknown vehicle and person on his property and went outside to investigate," the sheriff's office said. The trooper identified himself as a law-enforcement officer, the sheriff's office said.
The suspect, who's described as a 30-year-old South Kitsap man, then struck the trooper in the head with a piece of steel rod, according to the sheriff's office.
"The victim managed to get up onto his feet and issued verbal commands to the suspect," Detective Lt. Earl Smith said in a statement. "When the intruder refused to comply, the homeowner resorted to the use of lethal force."
The incident occurred in the 8000 block of Southeast Nelson Road in the Olalla area of South Kitsap.
Patrol officers with the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office responded and found a neighbor performing CPR on the suspect. He was taken to Tacoma General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
The trooper was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor for his injuries.
A sheriff's office investigation is under way.
Officials did not release the names of the suspect or the trooper.
Seattle Times
Off-duty state trooper fatally shoots intruder at his South Kitsap home
An off-duty trooper with the Washington State Patrol shot and killed a man who allegedly attacked him with a steel rod after coming on to property at the trooper's South Kitsap County home Saturday night, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office said Sunday.
By Amy Martinez
Seattle Times staff reporter
Related
An off-duty trooper with the Washington State Patrol shot and killed a man who allegedly attacked him with a steel rod after coming on to property at the trooper's South Kitsap County home Saturday night, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office said Sunday.
The confrontation began at about 11:30 p.m. when the trooper learned "of an unknown vehicle and person on his property and went outside to investigate," the sheriff's office said. The trooper identified himself as a law-enforcement officer, the sheriff's office said.
The suspect, who's described as a 30-year-old South Kitsap man, then struck the trooper in the head with a piece of steel rod, according to the sheriff's office.
"The victim managed to get up onto his feet and issued verbal commands to the suspect," Detective Lt. Earl Smith said in a statement. "When the intruder refused to comply, the homeowner resorted to the use of lethal force."
The incident occurred in the 8000 block of Southeast Nelson Road in the Olalla area of South Kitsap.
Patrol officers with the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office responded and found a neighbor performing CPR on the suspect. He was taken to Tacoma General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
The trooper was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor for his injuries.
A sheriff's office investigation is under way.
Officials did not release the names of the suspect or the trooper.