Police Shoot, Kill Pot Shop Robbery Suspect Following Standoff

BELLEVUE, WA — One person has died after a shootout with police in south Seattle Wednesday, the Seattle Police Department reported.

According to the Bellevue Police Department, the incident began with an armed robbery in the Factoria area south of Bellevue. Officers responding to the incident tracked a trio of suspects to the 5500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way in South Seattle.

While en route, Bellevue Police called in the Seattle Police Department and King County Sheriff's Office for support.

Once on scene, officers then got into some sort of standoff with the armed robbery suspects, according to SPD. Two of the suspects were taken into custody, and police were tried to round up the third, who was hiding in a shed behind a home in the 3600 block of South Findlay Street. According to police, the suspect fired on police as they approached, and the officers returned fire, hitting and killing him.

"Because multiples agencies were involved in this incident, investigators are still working to confirm which agencies, and how many officers, were involved in the shooting," the department said in a news release.

SPD’s Force Investigation will investigate the incident, as will the Office of Police Accountability and the Office of Inspector General. Seattle police have also promised to release video of the incident within the next 72 hours.