March 25, 2019 @ 6:04 pm
Northwest News
ELLENSBURG, Wash (AP) — A memorial service for slain Kittitas County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Thompson will be held Thursday afternoon on the campus of Central Washington University in Ellensburg.
The service will occur at 2 p.m. at the Nicholson Pavilion.
Thompson, a graduate of Central Washington, was shot to death during a gunbattle near Ellensburg. The suspect was also killed.
The 42-year-old Thompson is survived by his wife Sara and three children, Madison, Pepper and Archer.
Wounded in the gunbattle was Benito Chavez, a 22-year old police officer from the town of Kittitas. He was released from a Seattle hospital over the weekend.
A GoFundMe account for Thompson’s wife and children reached more than $50,000 last week.