Man Shot And Killed By Police In North Bend Park

NORTH BEND, WA — A police officer shot and killed a man at North Bend's Torguson Park Tuesday night, following some kind of altercation, according to officials.

King County's Independent Force Investigation Team (IFIT) will lead a probe into the shooting and the officer who shot the man will remain on paid leave until it concludes. Updates on the case will come from the designated IFIT spokesperson, Meeghan Black, the public information officer for the Bellevue Police Department.

In a news release published Wednesday morning, Black said an officer working for the Snoqualmie/North Bend Police Department approached a group inside the park and was "involved in an altercation" with a man who "reportedly reached for the officer's weapon."

The man's identity will be formally released by the King County Medical Examiner's Office.

A new law that took effect this year requires independent investigations when officers use force that causes death or serious injury. King County's force investigation team includes members from 13 agencies. The park remained closed late Wednesday morning as detectives continued to work the scene.

North Bend contracts its police services from the city of Snoqualmie, and officials said Tuesday night's shooting was the department's first in its history.