OLYMPIA — Three Port Angeles Police Department officers who were involved in a fatal shooting last week have been identified by the state Office of Independent Investigations.

They are Sgt. David Arand, a patrol sergeant with 22 years of experience with PAPD, Officer Whitney Fairbanks, a patrol officer and K9 program coordinator who has worked for PAPD for 10 years, and Officer Harold Balderson, the department’s downtown resource officer who has worked for PAPD for 10 years, the Office of Independent Investigations (OII) said in a news release Wednesday.

All three were previously placed on administrative leave, which is standard practice in an officer-involved shooting, Port Angeles Deputy Police Chief Jason Viada said.

The Port Angeles man who exchanged gunfire with the officers has be

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