According to the King County Medical Examiner’s officer the man shot in Covington Saturday was 53-year-old Darrell Bass.

The man was shot following a four-hour standoff with the King County SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team and other officers from Covington and King County.

Sheriff’s department spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart stated the incident began at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

The man, a merchant marine, had been divorced for about two years and the couple has a 9-year-old son, according to the sheriff’s department.

Urquhart said the man had to move from his home in the 26300 block of S.E. 166 Place in three days. The sheriff’s department did not have verifiable information why the man was moving.

His former wife had come to the house to pick up some articles around 10 a.m. and Urquhart said the man’s attitude had changed. The woman called police to assist and the man told officers he had a 250 pound fertilizer bomb in the house.

“We backed out and evacuated the neighborhood,” Urquhart said.

According to the sergeant, a fertilizer bomb of that size would “level the house” and cause damage to nearby homes.

Jacob and Shannon Devore, who live about one block from the home, said deputies asked them to evacuate at about 1 p.m.

“At first it was just one side of the street,” Shanon Devore said. “They came back about 20 minutes later and did the whole neighborhood.”

The Devores said they went to a friend’s house and returned about 7 p.m. when they received a call from a police dispatcher.

Urquhart said negotiators, the bomb squad and Guardian One, the sheriff’s department helicopter, came to the scene.

Negotiators spoke to the man several time. According to Urquhart, after 2 p.m. the man went onto a back deck and pointed a rifle with scope at Guardian One.

“A member of our SWAT team shot him at about 2:20 p.m.,” Uruqhart said.

The medical examiner’s office stated the man was shot in the chest.

The deputies used a bomb robot and sheriff’s department bomb technician to enter the house.

“They couldn’t find any bombs,” Uruqhart said. “We looked for booby traps also.”

Uruqhart said the man was declared dead at 5:20 p.m.

The deputies set up a command station in a vacant lot next to the Foss Grocery.

Urquhart said incidents like the Saturday shooting are, “very rare” and usually end in the person agreeing to surrender to the police.

“Our goal is to end it and get the person help,” Urquhart said. “It’s tough on everyone when it doesn’t end that way.”

Man shot by SWAT team member in Covington identified by King County Medical Examiner