Investigators say a man accused of impersonating a police officer in Bremerton also responded to the scene of a death in Seattle and gave instructions to firefighters to get back from the body.
Video of the incident – apparently recorded by the man’s own body camera – shows Seattle firefighters opening the trunk of a car and finding a body inside at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Stewart Street on June 17.
Fire department records show crews had responded to a cardiac arrest call.
As a Seattle firefighter opens the car and assesses the body, Michael Scaletta, 49, walks up and tells the firefighters to leave the victim and close the trunk, according to a police report obtained by KOMO News.
The video shows a man in his underwear who appears to be deceased in the car. The recording stops when the firefighter closes the trunk and it’s not clear from police reports what happened next.
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