Seattle man ‘armed with a rifle’ has been fatally shot by police after his pickup truck crashed into a federal building and caught fire
- Gunshots were reported before police arrived at the US Social Security Administration building at the corner of First Avenue and Marion Street
- When officers arrived after 8 p.m., the man, who remains unidentified, was reportedly armed with a rifle.
- He was found outside a pickup truck he had driven into the building
- Officials fired him ‘for reasons that are still under investigation’
- The Department’s Force Investigation Team is investigating the firing.
- Body camera footage of shooting will be released within 72 hours
Police officers shot and killed a man Saturday night after ramming his car and firing a rifle at a federal building in downtown Seattle, police said.
Police said in a statement that shots were fired before police arrived at the federal building at the corner of First Avenue and Marion Street.
When the officers arrived after 8 pm, the man, who remains unidentified, was reportedly armed with a rifle.
He was found outside his pickup truck, which he crashed into the building before being killed by police. No one else was hurt in the incident.
An unidentified man armed with a rifle was shot dead by police officers Saturday night after ramming his car into a federal building in downtown Seattle
Gunshots were reported before police arrived at the federal building at the corner of First Avenue and Marion Street
It is not clear what prompted the officers to open fire on them. The department said in a statement that the ’causes are still being investigated’.
Police officers and doctors from the Seattle Fire Department provided medical aid but the man died on the spot.
The investigation is being conducted by the Shooting Department’s Force Investigation Team, which investigates shootings involving police officers.
Customers from nearby bars and restaurants said they were taken to the basement of the establishment to take shelter
Body camera footage of the shooting to be released within 72 hours, police said
Police said body camera footage of the shooting would be released within 72 hours.
The building was probably the US Social Security Administration, located in a crowded downtown area.
When gunfire was first heard, bars and restaurants in the area took customers to their basements.
A young woman present at a nearby bar at the time of shooting said, ‘It took us a second to process what was happening. group. told the local news station king 5,
‘ But we kept asking questions like, ‘Are we safe here? Is that door closed behind us?”