Idaho man who stabbed Nampa police officer before being fatally shot is identified Jim Keyser, The Idaho Statesman
Dec. 22 The Canyon County Critical Incident Task Force said Monday that three Nampa Police officers were at the scene of an incident after a traffic stop last Friday that resulted in the fatal shooting of a man who stabbed one of the officers.
Leonel Salinas, 34, of Nampa, was identified in a press release Monday as the man who stabbed an officer in the face after police pulled over a vehicle at 204 11th Ave. North in Nampa. Salinas was the passenger in the vehicle, according to police.
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Man fatally shot by Nampa police stabbed officer in face during traffic stop
Ruth Brown, Idaho Statesman
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One person is dead after Nampa police say an officer shot him during a traffic stop. | Photo and video courtesy KIVI
NAMPA (Idaho Statesman) – Nampa Police say a man was fatally shot by a police officer after a traffic stop Friday at 3:07 p.m. in the area of 11th Avenue North and 2nd Street North.
“During the course of the traffic stop, a Nampa officer sustained injuries,” according to a Nampa Police Department news release. “We know that at least one officer fired his duty weapon, striking the adult male.”