Sheriff's deputies sued in fatal shooting of Stanwood man
STANWOOD — Snohomish County and three sheriff’s deputies are being sued in the September 2018 fatal shooting of a Stanwood man, in what attorneys are calling a “cold-blooded killing.”
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, alleges the deputies violated the man’s Constitutional rights when they shot Adam Jensen, 43, four times in his Stanwood home. Attorneys also claim detectives purposely destroyed evidence during a follow-up investigation.
“He did not move quickly, he did not say anything,” attorneys wrote in the complaint, referring to the moments leading up to Jensen’s death. “He did not pose a threat to any person.”
Deputies told a different story during an investigation conducted by the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team, a task force of detectives assigned to cases in which police have used potentially fatal force. They reported Jensen was holding a weapon — what turned out to be a hand saw used for drywall — and was quickly moving toward them. They had tried to use a Taser first, but it didn’t work.
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