Guns sold by Washington authorities used in threats, suicide

Posted: Monday, January 8, 2018 3:50 pm | Updated: 4:07 pm, Mon Jan 8, 2018.

SEATTLE (AP) — A yearlong Associated Press analysis found more than a dozen firearms sold by law enforcement agencies in Washington state since 2010 later became evidence in new criminal investigations.

Identifying guns sold by law enforcement and matching them to new crimes required extensive research and dozens of public records requests to individual agencies.

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