AUBURN, Wash. (AP) - An armed fugitive was shot and killed by Auburn police officers while trying to get away during his arrest Thursday night.
Auburn officers responded to the report of a disabled car just after 8 p.m., KOMO-TV reported. Officers discovered one of the men in the car had a warrant for his arrest and attempted to take him into custody, but he ran off.
Officers ran after him but moments later, the suspect pulled a gun and aimed it at the officers, a police spokesperson said. One of the officers shot the man.
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Medics rushed to the scene to treat the wounded man, but he was pronounced dead. Investigators say they recovered a gun near the man’s body.
The man’s name was not released. Officers didn’t reveal the subject of the man’s warrant.
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