A Vancouver police officer fired her weapon in an incident Thursday morning where an armed man confronted by police shot and killed himself, according to the department.
Cpl. Holly Musser is on paid administrative leave while the Clark County Regional Major Crimes Team reviews what happened, according to the Vancouver Police Department, which is standard procedure.
Musser fired one round during the incident, according to the department.
Officers received a report that morning of a man with a gun in his waistband seen in an area west of Northeast 162nd Avenue near Southeast First Street in east Vancouver.
Officers confronted the man, and a foot chase followed. The chase ended near the intersection of Southeast 155th Avenue and Northeast Second Street, where the police said officers ordered the man to drop his weapon multiple times.
