A man who was shot by Vancouver police during a domestic violence stabbing Sunday died at a hospital.
Authorities have not identified the man. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office, which is leading the Southwest Independent Investigative Response Team investigating the shooting, said in a news release Tuesday afternoon that the county’s medical examiner’s office is determining his cause of death and will release his name.
Sgt. Brent Waddell said in an email that the man died Monday.
The man killed by police reportedly stabbed his girlfriend and injured several other people before officers arrived at Parc Central Apartments in Vancouver’s Rose Village neighborhood. The sheriff’s office said “victims of the initial domestic violence assault were treated for injuries sustained during the original assault and released the following day from the hospital.”
Police were dispatched at 11:15 p.m. to the 2600 block of T Street for a report of an assault with a weapon.
A man forced his way into the apartment and stabbed his girlfriend, according to the Vancouver Police Department.
Several people inside the apartment were able to get the suspect back outside, where he confronted officers, the police department said.
“The suspect refused police commands to drop his weapon. Two Vancouver Police officers fired their weapons, striking the suspect,” police said.
The man was taken to the hospital.
Three people who were in the apartment and struggled with the suspect during the stabbing were also taken to the hospital, as was the man’s girlfriend, police said.
The sheriff’s office plans to release weekly investigation updates. This is similar to how Washington State Patrol has been releasing information in the investigation of the fatal shooting of Manuel Ellis in Tacoma.
Authorities have still not said whether any community representatives not associated with law enforcement will be involved in the investigation. Such representatives are required by state law under legislation that passed in 2018 and was modified in 2019.
The two officers who fired their weapons have been placed on critical incident leave, which is standard procedure following incidents where officers fire their weapons. The officers have not yet been identified.
