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Auburn shooting leaves man dead
AUBURN, Wash. - A man is dead after a shooting Thursday night in Auburn, the King County Sheriff's Office said. At about 6:30 p.m., deputies responded to a report of shots fired near the Brookside Village Apartments off 34th Avenue South. When deputies arrived, they found an injured man on...
120 mph WA police chase ends with motorcycle crash, arrest
LACEY, Wash. - Law enforcement in Thurston County have released details about a high-speed motorcycle chase that happened east of Lacey. Early Friday morning, deputies say they attempted a traffic stop on a motorcyclist going 80 mph in a 50 mph zone when the driver started to speed off. According...
Mother of 16-year-old murdered in Auburn pleads for public's help to find shooter
AUBURN, Wash. - A King County mother is speaking out in hopes of generating leads in the murder of her 16-year-old son. Lonnisha Landry’s son, Xavier Landry, was shot and killed in Auburn last Friday. Since his death, she’s been on a social media mission, urging the public to help find the person who killed her child.
Inquest explores 2019 fatal police shooting in Federal Way
The inquest into the death of Malik Williams, who died in a confrontation with Federal Way police in 2019, began on July 8. Although not a trial, multiple officers who were involved in the incident testified in front of a jury, recounting what happened when 23-year-old Williams was shot to death by police.
Convicted Auburn officer’s attorneys seek new trial, new judge
Three weeks following his conviction on a felony murder and assault charge, Auburn police officer Jeffrey Nelson’s lawyers have filed motions for a new trial, and the recusal of the trial’s judge, citing misconduct, an “enormous” accumulation of errors, and deception and impartiality. Nelson’s attorneys —...
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