7-26-2018
BIG LAKE, Wash. — A Skagit County Deputy shot a man Wednesday night after troopers say the man attacked another deputy with a knife.
The State Patrol says deputies responded to a hang-up 911 call at about 6:00 P.M. from a home on the east side of Big Lake.
Deputies say two brothers were fighting, and that as the deputies investigated, they say one brother grabbed a knife and attacked one of the deputies, at which point the second deputy shot the attacker.
The deputy suffered non-life threatening injuries, while the brother accused of attacking him was taken to Harborview Medical Center with serious injuries.
=====================UPDATE 7-31-2018=====================
State Patrol identified 32-year-old Lionel Brown of Mount Vernon as the man who pulled the knife and attacked the deputy.
Brown, who suffered serious injuries, was released from Harborview Medical Center on Saturday and booked into Skagit County Jail for first degree assault.