Man killed at Tacoma immigrant detention center jumped on cop in 2018 protest
BY CRAIG SAILOR AND ALEXIS KRELL
JULY 13, 2019 03:13 PM, UPDATED 35 MINUTES AGO
The man who was shot and killed by Tacoma police while allegedly staging an attack at a Tacoma immigrant detention center has been identified.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man killed at the Northwest Detention Center as Willem Van Spronsen, 69, of Vashon Island.
Police were called to the center at 4 a.m. Saturday after an employee at the facility spotted a man with a rifle. The center holds migrants waiting for hearings and deportations.
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