3-21-2019
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A suspected shoplifter was hit by a car and killed when a Mount Vernon police officer tased him as he ran across the street causing him to fall on the roadway.
The State Patrol says police were called just before 8:30 Wednesday night and encountered the suspected shoplifter as he ran from Walmart.
Attempting to elude police, the suspect began crossing Freeway Drive near West College Way, where the officer used his taser on him.
He then fell to the ground and was hit by a car.
The Skagit Multiple Agency Response Team, or SMART, is comprised of detectives from various agencies around the county and was called in to investigate the incident.
The man who died has not been identified and neither has the officer involved.