The ex-boyfriend and suspected killer of an Oakley woman was shot and killed by police this week as officers attempted to arrest him in Kent, Washington, the Oakley Police Department said Thursday.

Officers with the Pacific Northwest Violent Offenders Task Force, which includes 27 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, attempted to take Antioch resident Marshall Curtis Jones III, 27, into custody in Kent after Oakley and Antioch police obtained a warrant to arrest him in connection with the suspected death of Oakley resident Alexis Gabe.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.