Prosecutor declines charges in fatal Bothell police shooting
BOTHELL — The Snohomish County prosecutor this week declined to file criminal charges against a Bothell police officer who shot and killed a man in...
BOTHELL — The Snohomish County prosecutor this week declined to file criminal charges against a Bothell police officer who shot and killed a man in 2020. Prosecutor Adam Cornell announced the decision almost exactly two years after the officer fatally shot Juan Rene Hummel Jr., 25. Cornell wrote in a memorandum there was insufficient evidence to prove the officer committed a crime. He added that a 'similarly situated reasonable officer' would have also believed fatal force was necessary. When Washington voters approved Initiative 940 in 2018, they overhauled state law on police use of force.