LAKEWOOD, Wash. An investigation is underway after an officer-involved shooting in Lakewood.
The incident occurred in the 4800 block of Yew Lane SW.
Lakewood Police say the received a report at about 1 a.m. that a man had been shot or shot himself and was lying in middle of the road.
When they arrived, shots were fired and officers returned fire.
The 32-year-old man was deceased when medics arrived.
The man s girlfriend identified him as Trenton Thorp. She said she had been with him at a party and he had gone out for a walk. People at the party heard shots fired and saw him on the ground. She said she doesn t know what happened and that he had already been shot when police arrived. She doesn t believe police shot him.
She said Thorp is from Everson and went to Mount Baker High School and was a convoy security driver for the Army. He had just returned from a tour in Iraq.
Four Lakewood officers are on administrative leave while an investigation is conducted.
