I recall this case from several years ago in my town. I only remember it because a buddy of mine was working out at a gym right where it happened, and related to me the story of how frantic police were when it happened.
Local News | Inquest jurors agree with Bellevue officer's account of shooting | Seattle Times Newspaper
A Bellevue, WA police officer saw a jaywalker w/ a gas can, offered him a ride back to his stalled truck, and ran a check on him. The guy had felony warrants and started a fight.
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"I felt him putting his hands on my face, putting his thumbs into my eyes. I didn't have any doubt he was trying to gouge out my eyes," the officer said.
Nault said he was bleeding so badly he could see only intermittently and he felt Moss tugging at his gun belt. When he finally rose to one knee, he saw a silhouette about 10 to 12 feet away, standing against the backlight of street lamps.
"I pulled out my firearm, pointed it in his direction, and shot," firing three shots, he said. Nault collapsed against the rock wall.
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The jaywalker was shot and killed. No charges were ever filed against the cop--it was ruled a 'good shoot,' as I think it should have been. The general circumstances are remarkably similar to a certain case from 2012, so why is that case all-caps national headline news, while no one besides me ever heard of the shooting of felon Moss by BPD officer Nault?
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