TACOMA, Wash. — A man being sought by Pierce County detectives was fatally shot in Centralia on Friday after stabbing a police officer there, authorities said.
Pierce County detectives were in Centralia to arrest a 32-year-old man for investigation of second-degree child rape, according to a news release from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
They were attempting to apprehend the man at about 10:15 a.m. on Northeast Adams Avenue when he appeared to reach for a weapon, the news release said.