Seattle Police Shoot and Kill a 26 Year Old Chef [View all]

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Posted by Ansel Herz on Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:36 AM

Yesterday afternoon, Seattle police officers shot and killed a man they said had robbed a bank and fled, and then crashed his silver sedan. According to police, the man was holding a knife when he was killed.

Cody Spafford, a chef at Ballard oyster bar Walrus and Carpenter, was his name. He was 26 years old and had no violent criminal record.

"He was incredible. He worked with us for three and a half years," says Renee Erickson, one of the restaurant's co-owners. "And he was completely loyal and hard working and just as sweet as you can imagine. He was just, you know funny. Not anything like what's being said right now. We didn't know he was struggling this bad.


WHEN WILL THE SPD LEARN HOW TO DEESCALATE THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS