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Officers cleared in fatal shooting of man in SW Washington

| February 7, 2020 12:05 AM

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The decision by SWAT officers to fire at a Longview man who pointed a shotgun at them in September “was a clear, lawful use of force,” Cowlitz County Prosecutor Ryan Jurvakainen said Wednesday.

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