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‘It’s alarming’: Police shootings in Clark County hit a 30-year high

2024 saw 7 officer-involved shootings in Clark County that left 6 dead, 1 wounded

By Becca Robbins, Columbian staff reporter
Published: January 11, 2025, 6:14am
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Law enforcement officers investigate Dec. 5 after Vancouver police shot and killed a man there the night before. It was the seventh police shooting in Clark County in 2024.
Law enforcement officers investigate Dec. 5 after Vancouver police shot and killed a man there the night before. It was the seventh police shooting in Clark County in 2024. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files) Photo Gallery

Law enforcement officers in Clark County fatally shot six people in 2024 and wounded one other, the highest number for a single year in three decades.

The record number of local shootings comes on the heels of just one police shooting in 2023 and two in 2022. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office recently determined the Feb.

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