Responding Officer in Hot Pursuit Shoots, Kills Armed Off-Duty Officer Trying to Detain Robbery Suspect

Responding Officer in Hot Pursuit Shoots, Kills Armed Off-Duty Officer Trying to Detain Robbery Suspect

By Gene Johnson, AP

A sheriff’s deputy who responded to a call about a robbery suspect at a Washington state home mistakenly shot and killed the homeowner — an off-duty police officer who was trying to detain the man.

Authorities in Clark County say the suspect fled in a stolen Mercedes after robbing a gas station in Vancouver, near Portland, Oregon, at gunpoint Saturday night. He eluded police on a busy highway and ran off after they stopped his vehicle with spike strips.

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