The Vancouver Police Department has identified the three officers who shot a credit union robbery suspect in a gunfight just east of the city Tuesday as Cpl. James Burgara, 55; Officer Erik Jennings, 45; and Officer Richard Rich, 46.
Police released the officers’ identities Wednesday following a Tuesday incident that began when a man with a rifle wearing a ski mask robbed the iQ Credit Union branch, 15705 N.E.
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