Prosecutor: No charges for Bothell officer in deadly shooting

BOTHELL, Wash. - The Snohomish County prosecutor has declined to file charges against a Bothell police officer who shot and killed a man in 2020. P...

August 8, 2022
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BOTHELL, Wash. - The Snohomish County prosecutor has declined to file 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 said a "similarly situated reasonable officer" would have also believed fatal force was necessary, the Everett Daily Herald reported.