Posted January 31, 2017 8:25 am by Comments

By Bob Owens

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There’s an interesting case developing out of Washington state today where what may be a lawful shooting by a Lynnwood police officer… or it may have gone over the line into a deliberate police homicide.

Here’s how the incident is described.

A man carrying a knife who allegedly walked into a carpet store and made reference to ISIS was shot and killed by police in the middle of State Route 99 Monday morning.

Police say at about 9:30 a.m., a white man in his 20s walked into Western Carpet Center. The owner, David Schultz, said the man referenced ISIS and was talking about people being armed.

“Spoke something about how he knows we’re trying to kill him and his parents, and that was pretty much all I needed,” said Schultz. “I came around the corner and called 911.”

Everett police say officers arrived and confronted the man who began running in and out of traffic on Highway 99. Police say they surrounded him and told him to put down the knife, but he advanced on them.

“The guy had one knife in the hand,” said Maximo Ramirez Vasquez, who witnessed the shooting. “I can’t remember right or left.”

A witness shot video that was obtained …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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