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RAW: Detective shot released from hospital
A King County detective who was shot in the line of duty was released from the hospital Friday.
SEATTLE - A King County detective who was shot in the line of duty was released from the hospital Friday.
Last month, Dave Easterly and two other detectives were called to a home near 8th Avenue Northwest and Northwest 54th Street to serve an eviction notice.
After speaking with a 29-year-old person at the home, investigators said shots were fired.
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Detective shot to be released from hospital
A King County detective shot in the line of duty is scheduled to be discharged from Harborview Medical Center on Friday.
Easterly—who has been with the sheriff's office for 25 years—was shot during the exchange, and the suspect then barricaded themselves in the home. The other two detectives have been with the department for 23 and 26 years.
Easterly was taken to Harborivew Medical Center in critical condition, where he remained for weeks.
On Friday, Easterly was discharged from the hospital.
King County Sheriff's detective Dave Easterly, who was shot while serving an eviction notice at a home in Ballard, was discharged from Harborview Medical Center.
Authorities eventually got into the residence, where they found the suspect dead.
The suspect has been identified by the King County Medical Examiner's Office as 29-year-old Eucytus Eucytus. They died by suicide, according to the ME's Office.