Police kill armed soldier during confrontation on the street

Lakewood police kill armed soldier during confrontation on the street
Lakewood police shot and killed an armed Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier early Sunday morning during a confrontation on his street.

STACIA GLENN; STAFF WRITER
Published: 10/24/11

Lakewood police shot and killed an armed Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier early Sunday morning during a confrontation on his street.

Trent Lloyd-Thorpe, 32, was pronounced dead in the 4800 block of Yew Lane Southwest, where neighbors said he lived with his fiancée and two children.

The incident started just after 1 a.m. when a man called 911 to report Lloyd-Thorpe had either been shot or had shot himself and was lying in the street.

Police, who said Lloyd-Thorpe had been attending a nearby party before the shooting, arrived within a minute and found the injured man in the street.

“The radio traffic was ‘multiple shots fired,’” Lt. Dave Guttu said. “The next radio traffic came that officers had been involved in the shooting.”

Investigators are still trying to figure out what led up to the shooting.

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Soldier killed by Lakewood police 'avoided trouble at all cost'
Trent Lloyd Thorp was an easygoing man who maintained an affable smile even while deployed in Afghanistan. The 32-year-old soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord was fatally shot early Sunday during a confrontation with Lakewood police.

BY STACIA GLENN; STAFF WRITER
Published: 10/24/11

Trent Lloyd Thorp was an easygoing man who maintained an affable smile even while deployed in Afghanistan.

The 32-year-old soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord was fatally shot early Sunday during a confrontation with Lakewood police in his neighborhood.

“Despite the pressures of deployment and the mission itself, Trent was always nothing but kind,” said Stephanie McAllister, who was stationed with him at Fort Lee, VA., and served with him in Afghanistan. He was “one of those rare guys that everybody liked.”

Police said Monday their investigation was ongoing and no new information will be released until the four officers involved in the shooting give statements.

The officers are on administrative leave, which is standard protocol after a police shooting.

Thorp joined the Army on May 12, 2008, and was sent to Fort Lee. He deployed to Afghanistan in June 2010 and returned in May, according to JBLM.
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