Gun found at scene of Everett police shooting
Snohomish County sheriff’sitting investigators have recovered a shotgun from nearest to the body of a man killed by Everett police adhering Saturday.
Rebecca Hover, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman, wouldn’t confirm whether the weapon was fired. She aforesaid that three Everett police officers were called to the home in the 2400 block of 23rd Street about 1:44 a.hotch-potch. in quest of a reported burglary and were confronted by some armed man.
When the man refused to put down his firearm, the three officers fired numerous times, hitting the man, Hover said. Neither the sheriff’s office, nor the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’sitting Office, identified the slain man.
The Everett officers have been placed on paid administrative leave, and the sheriff’s office was called in to conduct an investigation as is procedure in much of Snohomish County.
