Bothell, WA: Snohomish Co. deputy kills man in domestic dispute

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOTHELL, Wash. -- A Snohomish County deputy shot and killed a man during a domestic violence call early Thursday morning.

Police spokesman Sgt. Robert Goetz says a man, a woman and the woman's father were involved in an fight at a parking lot of an apartment complex near Bothell when deputies arrived at the scene.

He says some sort of further altercation ensued between the man and the two-year veteran deputy, prompting the officer to discharged his weapon, striking the man. The man's name or age was not released. He died on his way to the hospital.

Goetz says it's not clear what prompted the deputy to fire his weapon or if the man killed was armed. He says the woman's father had suffered a puncture wound to the face and was taken to the hospital. He says the woman, who is pregnant, was also taken to the hospital a precaution.