Personal Injury Law

Clallam County Sheriff and Man Shot

By Kirk Bernard, Esq.

The Peninsula Daily News reported in a story on January 19, 2009 that a Clallam County sheriff?s deputy along with another male where shot in a residence between Sekiu and Neah Bay on the Olympia Peninsula. Sheriff Bill Benedict confirmed that deputy Bill Cortani, an 18 year veteran, had been shot while answering to a trespassing call.

Each man had shots to the hip and arm area and were being transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Their status has not been released. The sheriff?s name involved in the shooting is Bill Cortani, 41 of Forks who was fortunate to have been wearing a bullet proof vest according to Krista Hedstrom, State Patrol Trooper. Hedstrom also said that the man came from the Silverdale region and no name was given to report for in this Washington personal injury.

Full post as published by Seattle Injury Blog on February 17, 2009 (boomark / email).