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Morning Press: Drive & Drop; temporary homeless shelter closes; fatal police shooting case update; 7 new virus deaths The Columbian
Share: Volunteer Ray Thorne, who has volunteered at the food bank for close to two decades, helps gather food items out of a large box for others to sort on Tuesday at the Clark County Food Bank. The donations were from Saturday s Drive & Drop food drive, which in previous years was known as Walk & Knock. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian)
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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.