Man injured after being shot by Issaquah police officer during ‘physical struggle’

The man is expected to survive, according to the Independent Force Investigation Team.

ISSAQUAH, Wash — A man is in the hospital after being shot by an Issaquah police officer during a “physical struggle.”

The Independent Force Investigation Team – King County (IFIT), which investigates all police shootings in King County, said officers first responded to an apartment on Front Street for a report of a man experiencing a mental health crisis.

Issaquah police made contact with the man, “where a physical struggle occurred,” per IFIT.  During the altercation, the man was shot once in the leg, IFIT said. 

He was taken

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