Documents detail fatal Vancouver police shooting in October
Review to make determination on officers’ use of force By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: January 21, 2021, 6:26pm
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2 Photos The October shooting unfolded in the area of the Parc Central apartments in Vancouver s Rose Village neighborhood. (amanda cowan/The Columbian files) Photo Gallery
Investigative documents paint a clearer picture of the Oct. 4 Vancouver police shooting that resulted in the death of Andrew A. Williams, a 41-year-old homeless man with a history of drug use and run-ins with law enforcement.
Williams was in an on-and-off relationship with a woman he stabbed with a screwdriver on the night he was shot.
Clark County prosecutor Banfield named to Superior Court By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: January 20, 2021, 6:04am
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Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Clark County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Camara Banfield as the county’s next Superior Court judge, a first for a woman of color in Clark County.
Banfield said Tuesday that it’s surreal and an honor to be selected among a group of strong candidates. Her feelings on being the first Black woman to be chosen for the job are more complex.
“It means everything. It means nothing. It’s like a friend said to me: ‘I’ll be happy when we’re able to say that we’re not the first to do something,’ ” Banfield said.
Emily Sheldrick sworn in as new Clark County Superior Court judge
She fills judicial seat recently approved by the Legislature By The Columbian
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4 Photos Emily Sheldrick is sworn in as a Clark County Superior Court judge on Friday at the Clark County Courthouse. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
Emily Sheldrick was sworn in Friday as Clark County Superior Court’s newest judge.
Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Sheldrick to the bench in December. She is filling a new judicial seat that the Legislature recently approved.
The investiture was carried out largely over Zoom. Sheldrick and her family were present in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Scott Collier, who led the ceremony, but nearly 20 other court officials listened and watched over the internet.
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Published: December 11, 2020, 6:34pm
Share: The Clark County Sheriff s Office, Vancouver Police Department and Washington State Patrol investigate the shooting in Hazel Dell on Oct. 29. (Courtesy of KOIN 6 News)
The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Friday released another mountainous batch of investigative materials in the fatal police shooting of Kevin Peterson Jr.
Newly released materials include audio recordings of the involved officers’ interviews with investigators, as well as witness interviews; previously released surveillance footage; photos from the search of Peterson’s car and officers’ round counts; witness photos; and a 576-page report. The report includes transcriptions of the recorded interviews.
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Prosecutors reviewing probe of fatal police shooting of Peterson have thorny history with one of family’s attorneys By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: December 9, 2020, 4:01pm
Share: Candles in memory of Kevin Peterson Jr. are seen at the Hazel Dell branch of U.S. Bank on Oct. 30. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)
Pierce County prosecutors reviewing the investigation into the fatal police shooting of Kevin Peterson Jr. have a thorny history with one of the attorneys representing the 21-year-old Black man’s family.
Peterson’s family is being represented by civil rights lawyer Ben Crump and attorneys in Tacoma with Herrmann Law Group. One of the attorneys is Mark Lindquist, who was Pierce County’s top prosecutor before being unseated in November 2018 by former colleague Mary Robnett.