Man Killed In Seattle Police Shooting During Domestic Incident

SEATTLE, WA — Seattle police officers shot and killed a man after responding to a domestic violence call at an apartment in Lower Queen Anne Wednesday night. This is the third fatal officer-involved shooting in Seattle since Dec. 31, and the second officer-involved shooting since Sunday.

The shooting happened at 617 3rd Avenue West, which is the address of an apartment building between Roy and Mercer streets. The initial 911 call for the shooting went out at approximately 7:24 p.m., according call records.

No officers were hurt in the Wednesday incident, police said. Seattle fire spokeswoman Kristin Tinsley said the man killed was the only victim. She did not know how old he was.

According to police, several officers responded to a 911 call around 7 p.m. from a woman who said her boyfriend was trying to assault her. When police arrived, the woman was locked in the bathroom, but the boyfriend was armed with a knife in the apartment.

"Officers arrived and confronted the suspect. Two officers fired their service weapons, fatally wounding the suspect. Neither the domestic violence victim, nor any of the involved officers were injured," police said in a statement.

There are two separate investigations into the shooting being handled by Seattle police and the King County Sheriff's Office.

On Sunday, a Seattle officer opened fire on a man in Pioneer Square. The officer fired, police said, because the man was shooting at another person. Police do not know if the officer hit the man.

On March 19, officers shot and wounded an armed man during a confrontation in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. On Dec. 31, officers shot and killed Iosia Faletogo, 36, after a traffic stop along Aurora Avenue. Seattle police released dash and body cam videos of the shooting on Jan. 2. The videos show Faletogo fleeing from police, and then a struggle where multiple officers pile on top of him. Faletogo can be seen with a gun during the fatal encounter.

On Feb. 7, officers shot and killed a murder suspect in a North Seattle apartment. The suspect was armed with a knife at the time he was shot.