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...investigation reveals
From the article-
A Washington state officer who was fatally shot in the head during a gunfight with a suspect was hit by a round fired by his partner, investigators said Friday.
Jonathan Shoop, a 32-year-old officer with the Bothel Police Department, was on duty with his field-training officer, Mustafa Kumcur, on Monday night when they attempted a traffic stop on a black sedan without license plates, but the suspect drove away, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Det. David Fontenot wrote in a probable cause statement filed in court.
The suspect, Eugene Washington, fled police, initially resulting in a brief car chase. He rammed a 20-year-old man on a scooter and crashed through a median before coming to a stop, authorities said.
Washington then got out of his vehicle and fired two rounds into the patrol SUV, breaking the driver's side window where Shoop was seated. The second shot struck Kumcur's gun and ricocheted off of it, grazing Kumcur in the head.
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Washington officer fatally shot by partner in ‘tragic crossfire’ during attack on cops, investigation reveals
From the article-
A Washington state officer who was fatally shot in the head during a gunfight with a suspect was hit by a round fired by his partner, investigators said Friday.
Jonathan Shoop, a 32-year-old officer with the Bothel Police Department, was on duty with his field-training officer, Mustafa Kumcur, on Monday night when they attempted a traffic stop on a black sedan without license plates, but the suspect drove away, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Det. David Fontenot wrote in a probable cause statement filed in court.
The suspect, Eugene Washington, fled police, initially resulting in a brief car chase. He rammed a 20-year-old man on a scooter and crashed through a median before coming to a stop, authorities said.
Washington then got out of his vehicle and fired two rounds into the patrol SUV, breaking the driver's side window where Shoop was seated. The second shot struck Kumcur's gun and ricocheted off of it, grazing Kumcur in the head.
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Washington officer fatally shot by partner in ‘tragic crossfire’ during attack on cops, investigation reveals
