A man died after Seattle police officers shot him for allegedly waving a gun near an intersection Tuesday afternoon in Rainier Valley.
Police responded to a 911 call at 1:30 p.m. reporting a shirtless man brandishing a gun and walking toward Martin Luther King Jr. Way South near South Othello Street, Seattle police Chief Shon Barnes said at a news conference near the scene.
Officers responded several minutes later and tried communicating with the man, but fired at him with a rifle and another firearm after he pointed the gun, Barnes said…