Police killings
2013-2020

Stephen Johnston

Male, White

Date of the incident: 8/30/2014

Seattle, King, WA
314 W. Prospect Street

Local police were called to the Johnston residence multiple times, ultimately finding Johnston outside with a rifle in hand. He retreated into the house but the re-emerged and started a firefight with officers, which he lost. Neighbors were at a loss to reconcile the seemingly affable Johnston they knew with the heavily armed man in a house with an "arsenal of weapons, ammunition, body armor and hardened fighting positions" that police described.