Seattle Times: Police kill armed Shoreline man

Two Shoreline police officers fatally shot a 22-year-old man they say was armed with a knife and a shotgun Wednesday, in the 700 block of N 200th, just west of Aurora.

By Sara Jean Green

Seattle Times staff reporter

Two Shoreline police officers fatally shot a 22-year-old man they say was armed with a knife and a shotgun Wednesday, a spokesman for the King County Sheriff's Office said.

Around 1 p.m., someone inside a house in the 700 block of North 200th Street called 911, but the 911 operator could only hear a disturbance in the background, said Sgt. John Urquhart, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. 

"Clearly, something was happening" inside the house, he said. 

Two officers were dispatched to the residential neighborhood a couple of blocks off Aurora Avenue North, just south of the King-Snohomish county line. As they arrived, they were met by a woman in her 20s who was bleeding from knife wounds, Urquhart said.

She told the officers her boyfriend was suicidal and armed with a knife. She said she was cut when she tried to wrestle the knife from him, Urquhart said.

The woman also said her boyfriend's father was still inside the residence, prompting the officers to radio that they could be dealing with a potential hostage situation, Urquhart said. 

But before additional officers could be dispatched, the 22-year-old man came out of the house armed with a chef's knife and a shotgun, Urquhart said. Both officers opened fire, and the man died at the scene.

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