Officer hit in shootout with murder suspect

Bodycam and dashcam footage of a shootout in Washington State is finally being made public after the incident and investigations, which began in 2023, came to a close. After chasing a suspiciously-driven white pickup, Pierce County deputies became embroiled in an immediate and fierce gunfight. During the exchange with the suspect, one of the deputies was hit, taking a round in his handcuff case and vest. Although the suspect- later implicated in a double homicide- survived the initial shootout and arrest, he died several days later at an area hospital. In response to his death, his partner in the murder was additionally charged with animal cruelty for providing a horse for Olsen to "ride to Valhalla." Because of the content matter and included audio, viewer discretion is advised. Kody Olsen was observed driving in the wrong lane and initially suspected of DUI, but when the Pierce Co. deputies attempted to interdict him, he fled at a high rate of speed. He lost control of his vehicle on a dirt road and immediately began shooting at the deputies, striking one. He suffered non-threatening injuries thanks to his protective vest. A total of four deputies returned fire. After the gunfire abated, the deputies attempted to call Olsen out of the truck, but he refused to comply, at which point SWAT was called. They used a drone to determine he was no longer a threat. He yelled requests to be killed, made references to an "Omerta Empire Gang" and stated "you built us." A month after his extraction, arrest, transport and eventual death, he was implicated as partly responsible for a double murder in a "drug deal gone bad." Where this gets weird: despite claiming Olsen was solely responsible, his partner in the murder reportedly killed a horse upon news of Olsen's death, so that Olsen would "have a steed to ride to Valhalla."