Published August 21 2025
Early the morning of Aug. 8, 2025, a Bellevue police officer shot and killed Patrick Wilfred Sathyanathan, a 60-year-old male resident of Bellevue, police and the State Patrol reported. In keeping with state law, which requires independent investigations into use of force, the Independent Force Investigative Team-King County is investigating the case.
IFIT will issue weekly updates about the investigation. All inquiries concerning IFIT's investigation should be directed to the IFIT public information officer for this case, State Patrol Sgt. Jermaine Walker (253-312-8880 or jermaine.walker@wsp.wa.gov).
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