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Prosecuting Attorney’s Office – 2017 incidents

The Public Integrity Team of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reviews officer-involved shootings, police use-of-force investigations and other incidents referred by law enforcement. Find the status of investigations sent to our office that occurred in 2017 below.

Use-of-force fatalities

Incident Date Decedent Involved Agency Status
12/19/2017 Curtis Tade  Kirkland PD Referred to King County Executive, Inquest Complete, Declined, Post-Inquest Review
12/11/2017 Kyle Gray  Seattle PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
10/30/2017 Robert Lightfeather  Federal Way PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
08/09/2017 Eugene Nelson  Kent PD Referred to King County Executive, Inquest Complete, Declined, Post-Inquest Review
06/24/2017 Giovonn Joseph-McDade  Kent PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
06/18/2017 Charleena Lyles  Seattle PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
06/13/2017 Tommy Le  KCSO Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Declined
06/10/2017 Isaiah Obet  Auburn PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Stayed, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
04/20/2017 Damarius Butts  Seattle PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
03/23/2017 William Stokes  Valley SWAT Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
01/27/2017 Mi'Chance Dunlap-Gittens  KCSO Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review

In-custody deaths

Incident Date

 Decedent Involved Agency or Facility Status
11/17/2017 Albert Fredericks Jr. Seattle PD Referred to King County Exec, Declined, Inquest Complete
09/27/2017 Matthew Wilson King County Correctional Facility - Seattle Declined*
09/26/2017 Derek Hutchinson Maleng Regional Justice Center - Kent Declined, Inquest Not Recommended
07/03/2017 Michael Clinard King County Correctional Facility - Seattle Referred to King County Exec, Declined
06/16/2017 Wardell Sims Maleng Regional Justice Center - Kent Referred to King County Exec, Declined
04/28/2017 Colin Cooper King County Correctional Facility - Seattle Referred to King County Exec, Declined
04/19/2017 Jeffrey Harvey King County Correctional Facility - Seattle
 Declined, Inquest Not Recommended
02/25/2017 Andrew Cline King County Correctional Facility - Seattle
 Declined, Inquest Not Recommended

*This investigation was reviewed after Executive Order PHL 7-1-6, which no longer requires KCPAO to make a recommendation as to whether an inquest is required by the King County Charter.

 

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