Washington state police officer shoots maniac attacking road workers with hammer.
NEWS:
A Washington state police officer fatally shot a man with a hammer who had attacked state Department of Transportation employees along Interstate 5 north of Seattle, authorities said.
Around 4 p.m. Thursday, state troopers responded to a report of a road rage incident on the shoulder of northbound I-5 in Everett, the Snohomish County Multi-Agency Response Team said in a news release . The team investigates incidents of police use of force.
The driver of a vehicle began to collide with a Department of Transportation contractor’s vehicle that had a lift operating over mud with two contractors on board, investigators said.
The driver had a hammer and during an altercation with workers and a police officer, the officer fatally shot the driver, according to the release. The driver died at the scene despite assistance from authorities, the news release said.
