Deputy kills bloody, knife-wielding man in Lewis County
CHEHALIS, Wash. -- A man who was bleeding heavily after apparently cutting himself was shot to death by a sheriff's deputy in a confrontation early Thursday.
Lewis County Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said the deputy was on patrol when he spotted a car parked in a turn out on State Route 6 east of Chehalis just after midnight.
The deputy stopped to see if the driver needed help and found the man in the car bleeding heavily from self-inflicted cuts.
Brown said the man was holding a large knife and charged at the deputy, forcing the deputy to shoot the man to avoid being attacked.
The 64-year-old Napavine man died at the scene. His name has not been released.
The deputy was not injured.
Lewis County Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said the deputy was on patrol when he spotted a car parked in a turn out on State Route 6 east of Chehalis just after midnight.
The deputy stopped to see if the driver needed help and found the man in the car bleeding heavily from self-inflicted cuts.
Brown said the man was holding a large knife and charged at the deputy, forcing the deputy to shoot the man to avoid being attacked.
The 64-year-old Napavine man died at the scene. His name has not been released.
The deputy was not injured.
Sounds like Suicide by Cop.Â
Zombie control at it's finest!!! NEXT!!!
 @TreeTopFlyer It sucks though because the officer more than likely has never taken a life... kinda hard to process.
@Funky-Munky ...Agreed. I think the officer will be ok. He did what he was trained to do and most effectively too. Taking the life of a zombie wouldn't bother me one bit. Congratulations to the officer for a job WELL DONE.
Was he whittling?
Would have served the guy right if the cop just shot is knees out and left him a suicidal cripple for the rest of his life, however short it may be.
Wait for it....the proverbial cop haters will be posting in 3,2,1.....
(Hey local Lady, was that more than three seconds)?
Deputy defends himself and others from knife wielding nut-ball..... Your headline stinks. (my opinion)
 @Funky-Munky Your opinion stinks too
 @Larry*X*K It will be okay Larry.... There's still free cheese in the rat trap... snap.
 @Larry*X*K Ha! If you wish it will be so.. Ha! Watch-out for kitties.... (meow)
 @Funky-Munky Is it the stinky soft cheese kind?
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It's so selfish to put your death wish at the hands of a cop. Â
"in a turn out on State Route 6 east of Chehalis"? My map does not show State Route 6 east of Chehalis.  It shows that it goes west.
Suicide by cop.
Obviously this man wanted to die. Too bad the deputy was forced to assist him.