Man jailed a month after police shooting

Published 1:30 am Friday, March 23, 2018

LYNNWOOD — A Lynnwood man is being held in jail on $500,000 bail, weeks after he was shot while walking toward sheriff’s deputies with a hatchet east of Granite Falls, according to court papers.

The man, 34, has been under investigation for months on accusations of child molestation, a case that is still pending. He sent suicidal texts to two friends Feb. 12, according to police reports filed in court.

He told them he would kill himself by the Big Four Ice Caves on Mountain Loop Highway. Deputies converged on his truck at a winter closure gate at 8:18 p.m.

According to the reports, the man held a knife to his own neck, then opened the door and started walking toward the deputies with the knife and a hatchet. One deputy fired a Taser. Another fired two pistol rounds.

The man suffered critical injuries. He spent weeks in a hospital before being booked into jail for investigation of two counts of second-degree assault. He appeared in court Thursday with medical braces on his arm and torso. Judge Tam Bui set bail at $500,000.