A man is dead after he was shot by Auburn police on Wednesday. The shooting happened after a routine traffic stop. A woman was in the passenger seat, and she was not hurt. AUBURN, Wash. - A man is dead after he was shot by police during a traffic stop early Wednesday morning in Auburn.

An Auburn police officer shot and killed a man during a traffic stop early Wednesday, according to the Auburn Police Department. Minutes before 2 a.m., an officer stopped a vehicle in the 100 block of Sixth Street Southeast in Auburn,

According to Auburn police, at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, an officer pulled over a car. "During the stop, there was an altercation between the male driver and the female passenger in which a firearm was displayed,

According to Auburn police, the shooting began after an officer pulled a car over during a traffic stop around 2 a.m.

An Auburn police officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect pulled out a weapon and "used it in a threatening way" during a traffic stop.