EVERETT, Wash. — A suspect in a road rage incident was shot and killed by a Washington state trooper following an altercation on Interstate 5 in Everett Thursday afternoon.
All northbound lanes of I-5 at Union Slough in Everett remained blocked for several hours on Thursday as law enforcement investigated. The road reopened at 12:15 a.m. on Friday.
State troopers responded to a road rage incident just north of Marine View Drive on the shoulder of northbound I-5 around 4 p.m. The suspect reportedly rammed a Washington State Department of Transportation vehicle that was on the side of the freeway with two contractors onboard, according to the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team (SMART).
The suspect, according to SMART, was wielding a hammer and an altercation ensued between the suspect, Department of Transportation employees and a state trooper.
During the altercation the state trooper shot the suspect, according to SMART.
Law enforcement rendered aid, but the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
One Department of Transportation employee had non-life-threatening injuries.
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