Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier killed by police

UPDATE March 27, 2013
Fatal police shooting of JBLM medic justified says prosecutor

Man fatally shot by police was JBLM soldier
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Sep 2, 2012 15:41:41 EDT

TACOMA, Wash. — A man fatally shot by a Tacoma police officer last week has been identified as a 29-year-old Army sergeant stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.

A base spokesman says Sgt. Prince Gavin, of Chicago, deployed twice to Iraq. The combat medic was preparing to move to Fort Carson, Colo., before he died.

Gavin was killed Friday afternoon in a confrontation with Tacoma police. A police spokesman told the News Tribune that Gavin had a gun in his hand when he got out of his truck and ran toward a house in the Hilltop neighborhood.
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UPDATE September 3, 2012
Man Tacoma police shot ‘follows the rules,’ girlfriend says Army Sgt. Prince Gavin was moving from Tacoma on the day he was shot and killed by a police officer, his girlfriend said Saturday.


This article mentions there was another domestic situation police had to respond to. This happened around the same time.
Lewis-McChord Family members say soldier fatally stabbed wife