Two Washington police officers shot during 6-hour standoff with man barricaded in ex's apartment

Two police officers were shot in Washington state on Tuesday during a nearly six-hour standoff with a man who barricaded himself inside his ex-girl...

January 25, 2023
7:50 PM

Two police officers were shot in Washington state on Tuesday during a nearly six-hour standoff with a man who barricaded himself inside his ex-girlfriend's apartment, authorities said.Officers in Puyallup responded around 1:20 p.m. to a domestic violence incident and learned that a 37-year-old man was hiding inside his ex-girlfriend's closet, violating a no-contact domestic violence court order, Puyallup police said.Responding officers tried to negotiate with the man through the doorway, but he refused to leave and began shooting at them, according to authorities.

Stephen Sorace