{"id":7164,"date":"2011-06-30T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=7164"},"modified":"2011-06-30T22:14:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T05:14:38","slug":"news-brief-prosecutor-find-deputy-shooting-justified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=7164","title":{"rendered":"News brief: Prosecutor finds deputy shooting justified"},"content":{"rendered":"

This news story was updated at 9:55 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker
\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHEHALIS – The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning that the prosecutor’s review of Deputy Matt McKnight’s fatal shooting of a Napavine man last week concluded McKnight was justified.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Lewis County sheriff’s deputy remained on paid administrative leave as of this morning, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.<\/p>\n

Brown said an internal investigation is being conducted separately.<\/p>\n

Deputies were assisting the Napavine Police Department with a call to a burglary in progress, around 2 a.m. on June 20, in which a man reportedly was stabbing the door of a home and trying to get in.<\/p>\n

McKnight confronted the suspect several blocks away and the sheriff’s office says he refused to take his hands out of his pockets and then charged McKnight.<\/p>\n

Thirty-three-year-old Steven V. Petersen, of Napavine died at the scene of a gunshot wound to the head.<\/p>\n

A regional shooting response team, made up of law enforcement officers from the counties of Thurston, Mason, Pacific, and Grays Harbor conducted the investigation and turned their results over to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

In a news release this morning, Lewis County Sheriff Steve Mansfield says prosecutors concluded the deputy’s use of deadly force was justified.<\/p>\n

McKnight fired four shots, three of which struck Petersen, according to Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer. Petersen was not found to be armed with a knife, he said.<\/p>\n

Meyer said the deputy was left with no choice. Petersen was intending to do him harm, and McKnight was in fear for his life, he said.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office internal investigation will include a “shooting review board”, as well as a review of policy, procedures and training, according to Sheriff Mansfield.<\/p>\n

More to come
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Read “Breaking news: Deputy shoots, kills burglary suspect in Napavine” from Monday June 20, 2011, here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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