Published May 03, 2016
Police in Washington state say officers fatally shot a man who had climbed up 25 feet to hide in a pile of wood at a lumberyard.
The News Tribune reports (http://is.gd/SBLCfT ) that Lakewood Lt. Chris Lawler says police responded Tuesday afternoon to investigate reports of a suspicious person at Pinnacle Lumber and Plywood. Multiple 911 callers had reported seeing a man running before climbing a fence into the lumberyard. Lawler says police had not been pursuing the man and it wasn't clear why he entered the yard.
Two officers found the man atop a stack of lumber. Lawler says they reported that the man was reaching into his pocket. That's when they opened fire, wounding him.
The man was taken to a hospital but Lawler said Tuesday night that the man had died from his injuries.
Lawler says he did not know whether the man was armed.
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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com
https://www.foxnews.com/us/police-in-washington-state-fatally-shoot-man-who-had-hid-in-wood-stack-at-lumberyard