PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) — A Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman says a man shot by a Puyallup police officer is expected to survive.
Spokesman Ed Troyer says the suspect was shot in a confrontation Tuesday night after a chase that began when officers closed in on a suspected drug deal in the parking lot at South Hill Mall.
The suspect sped away and tried to ram a patrol car when he was pulled over. The suspect ran and was chased by an officer into woods where the shooting took place.
The sheriff’s office is investigating the shooting.
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With information from: The News Tribune of Tacoma, KOMO-TV, KCPQ-TV, KIRO-TV
