Above: SWAT video of the police shooting. After Russell Lydell Smith | Seattle Weekly

Above: SWAT video of the police shooting. After Russell Lydell Smith

By Rick Anderson • November 29, 2013 11:27 am

Three Bellevue officers fired 21 rounds at Smith. Below: Russell Smith, left, and his brother Rydell were the targets of the raid.

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