Suspect identified in fatal police shooting
A police chase ended this morning with an officer fatally shooting a man in Spokane.
The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed the identity of the man killed as Jacob I. Dorfman, 52. Dorfman, who had a history of eluding and assaulting police officers, died of gunshot wounds.
Dispatchers received a call that shots had been fired near Eighth Avenue and Adams Street around 1:18 this morning, a news release from the Washington State Patrol said.
An eyewitness who lives near the intersection said he saw a shirtless man pacing in the street and screaming for help before firing one shot from a handgun.
The witness said he called 911, and dispatchers told him they already had officers responding. He said he saw an officer drive up to the intersection, identify himself as a police officer and ask the man with the gun to put his hands up. The suspect then fled on foot.