The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that sheriff’s deputies used justified and reasonable force when they fatally shot a child-rape suspect following a high-speed pursuit in 2020.
, after four of them saw what looked like a shotgun barrel emerge from Stokes’ vehicle, according to the letter. The fifth deputy said he fired after another deputy yelled out “gun” and he thought he heard shots from Stokes’ car.
that two of its deputies were at the scene. One of the deputies grabbed Ellis’ leg while Tacoma officers put him in restraints. Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office spokesperson Adam Faber said he was not aware of any requests of Tacoma police to reach full compliance with I-940 requirements on the investigation.Pierce County investigators at first weren’t able to find Stokes after his wife reported he had sexually abused his two stepdaughters, according to the letter from the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney. One detective tried to call Stokes and left a business card with his aunt and uncle.
The detective who was initially investigating Stokes soon heard about that call and gathered additional deputies to respond to a former address for Stokes, according to the prosecutor’s letter. A truck matching the description of the vehicle Stokes was driving was parked nearby at a neighbor’s, and investigators learned Stokes lived there with his roommate.
The SUV Stokes was driving lost control and left the roadway near Mountain Highway and Eatonville Cutoff Road at about 5:14 p.m., the prosecutor’s letter shows. Radio recordings and bystander cell phone footage indicate deputies fired shots within a minute and a half.Nine patrol vehicles quickly surrounded Stokes’ vehicle after it drove off the roadway, according to the prosecutor’s letter.
Hotz, a detective, said he saw what looked like a black shotgun barrel protrude from a window and fired at the driver’s seat of the SUV when he heard a deputy yell “gun.”
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