SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Police Department (SPD) has released the names of the officers involved in the shooting on North Howard Street downtown that left one man dead.
Officers Lee Barker and Seth Wolfe shot and injured 35-year-old Oscar Venegas, who was reportedly threatening people with a knife downtown. Police said he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital on Monday morning. The Spokane County Medical Examiner ruled Venegas' death a homicide.
According to Interim Spokane Police Chief Justin Lundgren, three officers tried tasing Venegas after he allegedly threatened at least two people with a knife. When tasing did not get him to stop, Barker and Wolfe shot him.
Since last December there have been five deadly shootings involving Spokane law enforcement.
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