‘He didn’t deserve this.’ Man fatally shot by Pierce County deputies identified

The longtime girlfriend of a man who was fatally shot this week by Pierce County deputies during a felony-harassment investigation said he deserved a chance to give his side of the story.

LJ Causey, 32, was killed on Dec. 29 from multiple gunshot wounds. His manner of death was listed as a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Deputies were dispatched at 2:01 a.m. to the 8500 block of 156th Street Court East in the South Hill area for a suspicious vehicle. A man inside the vehicle reportedly fired a gunshot outside a home, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office in a blotter post…

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