(ROCHESTER, WA) -- A Thurston County Sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man in the parking lot of the Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester about 8 PM Tuesday night.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, a family member called 911 earlier in the evening for a welfare check on a 55-year old Lakewood man in the area of the casino.
A deputy found the man inside a car in the casino parking lot. The man exited the vehicle armed with a pistol and approached the deputy while refusing to drop the weapon. The deputy fired several shots at the man, seriously wounding him.
The Sheriff’s Office says the man was flown by helicopter to St. Peter Hospital in Olympia where he was pronounced deceased. The deputy wasn’t injured. The incident is being investigated.
