KENT, Wash. (AP) — Kent police shot a man after they say he pointed a gun at officers.
Police said the officers had responded to a report of shots fired about 10 p.m. Tuesday and confronted the man outside a residential building, Bayview Townhomes in the Lakes neighborhood.
Lt. Pat Lowery says the man pointed his weapon at the officers, and he was shot.
The 63-year-old Kent man has been taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Two officers are on leave for an investigation by Renton police.