Officer in fatal shooting is 16-year vet
A 16-year Spokane police veteran and member of the SWAT team has been identified as the officer who shot and kill
ed an armed and suicidal man Monday.
Authorities said Thursday that Officer Dan Lesser (left) was the only officer who fired shots during the nearly two-hour standoff with James Edward Rogers, 45, (right) who died of gunshot wounds after he refused a negotiator’s commands to exit his overturned van at East Seventh Avenue and South Hatch Street on the lower South Hill.
Officers could see him “hanging from the driver’s seat, still manipulating the shotgun” after the van overturned, according to a news release by Spokane County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan.
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Past coverage:
Sept. 29: Man killed by police fired shot before chase began
Sept. 28: Family questions fatal police shooting
Sept. 27: Standoff ends with man dead from police gunfire