TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of trying to hurt his children was shot in the shoulder after a Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy opened fire Friday night near Tacoma. The sheriff’s office said in a statement that the police shooting happened as police responded to a 911 call from a 10-year-old boy who reported that his father had been drinking inside an apartment and was trying to hit him and his 9-year-old brother. The man spoke with a negotiator for more than hour before surrendering to police. He was taken to a local hospital for non-life threatening gunshot wound. No officers were hurt and the deputy who opened fire was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
Man shot as Pierce County deputy called for child abuse case
