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There is so much wrong with this story, I don't have time to analyze it so I'll leave it up to anyone who wants to weigh in, but it begins with what I consider the wrong attitudes about what is acceptable or "normal" regarding domestic violence in our country. You have to watch the entire video in order to see the 'victim's' take on what happened
Armed domestic violence suspect dead in deputy-involved shooting in Spanaway
Armed domestic violence suspect dead in deputy-involved shooting in Spanaway
Armed domestic violence suspect dead in deputy-involved shooting in Spanaway
by KOMO News Staff
Sunday, October 21st 2018
Armed domestic violence suspect dead in deputy-involved shooting in Spanaway (KOMO News)
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash – Pierce County detectives are investigating a deputy-involved shooting that ended with an armed domestic violence suspect dead Saturday night in Spanaway.
Deputies responded to a 911 call in the 100 block of 161st Street South, with the woman reporting that her boyfriend was drunk and armed with a handgun, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. The woman locked herself in the bathroom, while her boyfriend was breaking things inside their duplex. She told dispatchers that the home was filling with smoke, deputies said.
Deputies confronted the woman’s fiance at the front door. The man had a gun in his hip holster, ignored orders by the deputies to not touch the gun and pulled it out toward the deputies, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department said.
Deputies shot the man, who was later identified by his fiance and the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office as Robert Smith, Jr.
Smith was taken to a nearby hospital and did not survive, investigators said.
"Couldn’t believe this happened and especially to him. Because he was such a meek and mauve guy. And one wrong move can apparently end your life," said neighbor Tim Bailey.
"We have never had one of those volatile relationships. We talked through everything. We get through everything, he’s my best friend, my soul mate. And they took him from me," said Smith's fiance DeAnn Bates.
Smith's .40 caliber semiautomatic handgun and a holster found on his waistband were placed into evidence, investigators said.
The three deputies involved in the confrontation were placed on standard administrative leave, investigators said.