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Police officer fired for responding to shooting in neighboring town

By The Associated Press
Published: August 19, 2016, 6:52pm

BRIER (AP) — A Brier police officer has been fired for responding to a fatal shooting last month in Mukilteo.

Three people were killed and a fourth was injured when a man shot a weapon at a party on July 30. Dan Anderson heard on the radio that responding officers felt vulnerable and raced the 12 miles between Brier and Mukilteo to help, The Seattle Times reported.

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