OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — An Olympia police officer has fatally shot a suspected drunk driver after he ran from an accident and allegedly threatened the officer.
KOMO-TV http://is.gd/uPrQ7u reports officers arrived on the scene of a Friday night accident soon after it happened and began tracking the driver.
They caught up with him quickly. Police say the man then threatened an officer. The officer — a 25-year-veteran of the force — shot the man in the head, killing him.
Police have not said if the man was armed or how exactly he threatened the officer.