YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakima police have identified a 24-year-old man shot and critically wounded by a police officer as an Iraq war veteran and community college student.
Police say Raymond Faucher III of Yakima disobeyed commands to drop a pistol he took from his pocket Monday at a Bank of America branch. Bank officials had called police, saying an intoxicated man was intimidating bank employees.
The Yakima Police Department says a preliminary review indicates Officer Jeff Ely followed lethal force policy and acted to protect himself. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports Faucher was hit three times, in the head, torso and right leg.
Ely has been with the Yakima department since 2007.
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Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, http://www.yakimaherald.com
