The Auburn Police Department released new details regarding a shooting by the Kent Police Department that resulted in the death of a 52-year-old man.<\/p>\n
The Auburn Police Department currently leads the Valley Independent Investigative Team investigation of the incident.<\/p>\n
Kent police killed Dylan Wallace on April 18 after dispatching to the 12200 block of Southeast 259th Place for a report of a verbal dispute.<\/p>\n
A news release on April 26 from the Auburn Police Department confirmed officers shot Wallace, calling the incident an “officer involved shooting … resulting in the death of … Wallace.”<\/p>\n
Wallace died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.<\/p>\n
According to the Auburn Police Department, Kent patrol officers responded to a home in Kent after a woman called to report her roommate, Wallace, refused to leave the residence. The woman described Wallace as intoxicated and acting erratically, ingesting and pouring gasoline on himself.<\/p>\n
According to the department, the man armed himself with a Ryobi circular saw after officers contacted him. Officers attempted de-escalation tactics and less lethal measures, distancing themselves from the man.<\/p>\n
According to the April 26 news release, Wallace actively squeezed the trigger on the saw, resulting in the blade spinning as he advanced on officers.<\/p>\n
Officers used lethal force after the man advanced on the officers with the saw, according to the previous news release.<\/p>\n
Both news releases provide no specific details regarding what de-escalation tactics and less lethal measures officers used, nor any details regarding the shooting itself.<\/p>\n
Wallace died at the scene after first responders attempted lifesaving measures, according to the previous news release.<\/p>\n
Investigators await autopsy, toxicology and ballistics results from the crime lab.<\/p>\n
The Valley Independent Investigative Team serves as a seven-agency investigative unit of police departments from Auburn, Des Moines, Federal Way, Kent, the Port of Seattle, Tukwila and Renton tasked with investigating officer-involved shootings. As the April 18 shooting involved Kent patrol officers, the team has excluded all Kent Police Department staff from participating in the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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