Retired Navy Doctor Shot and Killed in Seattle Child Sex Crime Sting

Published on April 27, 2024

Seattle police officers in an April 17 operation fatally shot a man who thought he was meeting up with two minor girls at a Tukwila hotel. The suspect has now been identified as a retired Navy doctor. The shooting happened during an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce operation on April 17. The suspect, identified as 67-year-old Bruce Meneley, believed he was meeting two young girls, ages 11 and 7, at a hotel on Southcenter Parkway. Body camera footage released by the Seattle Police showed officers opening the door and approaching the suspect to try to take him into custody as the suspect pulls out a handgun from his jacket....