Man, 32, shot dead by deputy after stabbing attack was the subject of domestic violence protection orders
A man shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy after he fatally stabbed four people outside his mother’s home near Gig Harbor, Washington, on Tuesday morning was the subject of domestic violence protection orders recording mental health and substance abuse issues stretching back at least five years.
Records reviewed by Associated Press show that the woman living at the address had obtained a 12-month protection order against her 32-year-old son in May. The order noted that he struggled from substance abuse, and had threatened his mother saying that her “grave has been already dug up”.
The records show that the mother told officials that her son had been “threatening me, abusing me both mentally and emotionally. Doing witchcraft/occult behavior and doing rituals in my home. Damaging personal belongings. Hurting my cat. … I am an elderly disabled woman and he is taking advantage of me and my health.”
The man, 32, was shot dead by a deputy from the Pierce county sheriff’s office as he arrived to serve the protection notice on the individual. Reports of stabbing were made at about 9.30am and the man, who has not yet been identified, was killed at about 9.33am.
