Investigators have forwarded their probe into the Jan. 9 fatal police shooting of a 45-year-old man in east Vancouver to the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
Prosecutor Tony Golik said once his office receives the investigation, he plans to send it to a statewide panel of prosecutors for review.
Vancouver police had responded at 12:25 a.m. for a reported disturbance with a weapon at the Sky Ridge Estates mobile home park in the 13200 block of Northeast 59th Street. Police said a man confronted them with a knife, and officers shot him after he could not be subdued with a less-lethal 40 mm device, according to the Vancouver Police Department.
Luis A. Ku Huitzil died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office. His death was ruled a homicide, meaning it resulted from another person’s deliberate action. The ruling does not make any judgments about criminal culpability.
