EVERETT — A Lynnwood man hoped deputies would shoot him in the head when he charged them with a knife and a hatchet east of Granite Falls last month, according to allegations made in court papers filed Monday.
After he was shot, the man reportedly told Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies: “What do I have to do? Do I need to grab you and wrestle around with you to get you to shoot me in the head?”
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 the Mountain Loop Highway. Deputies converged on his truck at a winter closure gate that night.
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. Both said they believed they were in imminent fear for their lives.
The man suffered critical injuries. He spent weeks in a hospital. He is charged with two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of violating a domestic violence court order. He remains in the Snohomish County Jail.
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