The dead officer was identified as the 41-year-old Everett Dan Rocha police officer, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. Officials say a man believed to be in his 50s shot Rochas several times after the two clashed. The suspect fled the scene in a blue Mini Cooper and was chased by Everett police, police said. The chase resulted in a multi-vehicle collision about 2.5 miles from Starbucks. The suspect was hospitalized in an unknown condition. Everett Community College – located opposite the shooting scene – was briefly locked as police responded to a “Starbucks death,” according to school officials. The college is currently on spring break and there were no classes at the time. A witness told the Everett Herald that he heard gunshots around 2:15 p.m. and saw the body of a uniformed officer on the ground in a Starbucks car park near the Everett Community College campus. Law enforcement is investigating the scene of a three-vehicle accident on March 25, 2022 in Everett, Washington. The dead policeman was identified as an Everett Dan Rocha police officer. AP George LaBow said he saw the suspected gunman holding his gun before falling over the officer’s body as he fled in a blue Mini Cooper, the newspaper reported. Deputies from Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office were seen covering the body of the fallen officer in a sheet in the parking lot around 2:30 p.m., according to the report. Everett is located about 30 miles north of Seattle.
