Officers on Tuesday recognized a 45-year-old Vancouver man because the particular person fatally shot Dec. 4 by a Vancouver police officer outdoors of an east Vancouver Safeway.
Adam Grant Gunderson died from a number of gunshot wounds to the pinnacle, based on the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Workplace.
Investigators additionally recognized the officer who shot Gunderson as Kyle Beguelin Flores, 28. Beguelin Flores has labored for the Vancouver Police Division since Could 2021. He’s assigned to east precinct patrol, based on the Workplace of Unbiased Investigations, which is investigating the capturing.
Vancouver police contacted Gunderson at 10:48 p.m. within the parking zone of Safeway, 13719 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd.
Gunderson and Beguelin Flores acquired right into a bodily battle, investigators say. Throughout the battle, Gunderson pulled out a gun, based on Vancouver police.
Beguelin Flores shot Gunderson, who was taken to an space hospital the place he was pronounced useless, based on investigators. The health worker’s workplace stated Gunderson was close to the grocery retailer’s loading dock when he was shot.
Beguelin Flores was injured within the battle and later handled, based on investigators.
Courtroom information present Gunderson had a warrant for his arrest for a cost of making an attempt to elude a pursuing police officer in a 2023 Clark County Superior Courtroom case. A Clark County sheriff’s deputy contacted Gunderson after studies he’d been digging by means of trash in an Orchards neighborhood. The deputy stated Gunderson argued with him after which drove away. The deputy stated he ended the pursuit after Gunderson ran pink lights and weaved by means of site visitors.
Investigators haven’t stated if police had contacted Gunderson due to the warrant.
Three Vancouver officers — Beguelin Flores and two who witnessed the capturing — have been positioned on important incident depart, which is commonplace protocol.
The Workplace of Unbiased Investigations is in search of suggestions concerning the capturing. Anybody with data is requested to name 564-250-5811.
