EVERETT, Wash. — A man was shot and killed by law enforcement in Everett overnight, according to officials.
Everett Police Department officers and Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in the shooting, which happened along 7th Ave SE at approximately 3 a.m. Friday.
Law enforcement confirmed that no officers were injured, but one man was taken to the hospital.
Later that same morning, officials confirmed that the man had died from his injuries.
“After many attempts to negotiate and de-escalate, the individual advanced towards officers. Multiple tasers were deployed and when the individual continued to approach officers, they discharged their firearms,” said Mandy Kruger, a spokesperson for the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team (SMART).
SMART said the man was allegedly firing a gun into the air.
It’s unclear whether the man shot at officers or how many officers fired their weapons.
The SMART team will also look at why officers’ tasers apparently weren’t effective enough to subdue the man.
“Tasers are an effective tool, but they’re not always effective. There’s a lot of circumstances that can change that. It can be substance related, that can neutralize some of the effects of it – clothing, distance the elements in the weather – all of those can be factors that can either diminish or actually negate the effects of the taser,” said Commander Peter Barrett.
7th Ave SE was closed from 84th St SE to 90th St SE, and drivers were asked to avoid the area while law enforcement investigated, although they reiterated that there was no ongoing threat to the public.
According to an alert on their website, Emerson Elementary School was closed on Friday due to “an active police investigation in the area.” The school says that Everett PD has restricted all access to the campus.
St. Mary Magdalen Catholic School was also closed on Friday, “due to an officer-related shooting in the area with massive police response.”
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