3-20-2019
KITTITAS, Washington (AP) — A Kittitas County Sheriff’s deputy was killed and a police officer was injured after an exchange of gunfire during an attempted traffic stop.
The Kittitas County Sheriff says deputies tried to stop a vehicle due to a driving complaint last evening but the driver took off.
The vehicle came to a stop at the end of a street in Kittitas, where the suspect got out and exchanged gunfire with the sheriff’s deputy and a police officer.
The deputy was fatally shot while the officer was wounded and was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
The suspect was also shot and is being treated at a hospital.