BELLEVUE, Wash. — Right now, several law enforcement agencies are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Bellevue that left a man dead.
It happened at the Fox Borough Homes just off Northup Way, near the intersection of 156th Avenue Northeast.
According to Bellevue police, the man “discharged a high velocity air rifle, firing metal projectiles at them [officers].”
Bellevue police say an officer opened fire around 12:30 a.m. Friday, and investigators have been in the subdivision ever since.
The man was killed in the shooting with police. It’s unclear if he died at the scene or at a hospital.
It’s also unknown at this time if multiple officers shot the suspect.
As the morning wore on, Kirkland police took their place, and eventually the Washington State Patrol (WSP) also came to the area to help with the investigation.
The man killed has been identified as 60-year-old Patrick Wilfred Sathyanathan. He died from a gunshot wound to the head.
It’s been handed over to an Independent Investigative Team.
Neighbors told KIRO 7 they heard police arrive around 8:30 Thursday night and that they were asking for someone to come out of their house with their hands up until 12:30 a.m. Friday. That is when Bellevue police say an officer opened fire.
Some residents believe they heard explosions and or gunshots.
Lauren Goldman had to walk out of the subdivision and catch an Uber to get to work since a large section of the area was sealed off for the investigation. She lives close to where the shooting happened, and heard the police.
“We heard some loud booms which sounded like shots or something, I don’t know, and then we heard a massive what sounded like a shot at 12:30,” Goldman told KIRO 7.
Dan Smith also lives near the shooting scene, and remembers the sequence of loud noises he heard.
“There was a shot and in the space of ten seconds, and then another, and then a noise like an explosive noise, and ten seconds later there was another one, and then 15 seconds later there was a third. And then a little later, about 45 minutes later, there were 11 in succession,” he said.
Smith told KIRO 7 he was at home with his windows open at the time, which is why he heard things clearly.
“The world has kind of changed a little bit. This is the kind of thing that’s becoming a little bit more common. And we go about our lives and try to pretend that we are all doing ok, but I have to say last night shook me up a little bit.”
An Independent investigative team has taken over this investigation.
KIRO 7 will provide updates as more information becomes available.
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