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Tukwila, Washington, United States
Seattle police released new bodycam video Friday evening that shows the moments leading up to officers fatally shooting a suspected child predator at a Tukwila hotel earlier this week.
Seattle Police Department (SPD) Chief Adrian Diaz said the 67-year-old child predator suspect arrived at the DoubleTree Suites hotel around 3:13 p.m. on Wednesday under the impression that he was meeting two young girls, ages 7 and 11.
However, unbeknownst to the suspect, multiple SPD officers with the Washington State Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce were undercover and waiting to arrest the man.
The newly released video shows the officers opening the door for the man, who immediately flashed a gun. A scuffle then occurred before police ultimately fatally shot the man. The man was later pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
Officials at the scene said a Seattle officer was grazed by a bullet on their leg during the shootout with the man.
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He obviously suspected something was up if he was walking into the situation with a pistol in his front pocket, he couldn't even control his urges enough to not walk into what I imagine he thought was a sting operation. What an absolute moron. Then again, he could have not suspected it and brought the pistol for much darker reasons. Either way, good riddance to bad garbage.
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He'd already been busted in a prostitute sting by Seattle cops some time earlier so maybe that's why he was carrying. That and maybe being ex-military - the guy was medical commander at Guantanamo Bay for a while.
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