MARYSVILLE – An investigation is ongoing into the shooting death of a Marysville man by police May 7 in Lake Stevens.

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office recently identified the man as 29-year-old Nathan Quinn Cates.

Cates was shot after a SWAT standoff in the 5700 block of 123rd Avenue NE. He died later at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett.

The medical examiner reported that Cates died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Sgt. Josh McClure of the Edmonds Police Department said June 15 that about a dozen SMART team detectives are investigating the shooting. The Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team is from various county law enforcement agencies. It investigates police-use-of-force incidents.

The incident began when a call came into 9-1-1 around 10 p.m. reporting shots fired. Sheriff’s deputies arrived and found the man near a truck. Deputies began negotiating with him and reported that he was armed and, at times, would hold the gun to his head.

The Region 1 SWAT team was deployed around 1 a.m. and over the next several hours they negotiated with the man in person and over the phone. A member of the man’s family also spoke to him.

A news release continues to say that several “less lethal” options were deployed, including spraying him with water from a fire hose.

At one point, the man was reported to have put down the gun, and the arrest team moved in around 7:20 a.m. But as they approached, the man made a movement toward the gun, and two SWAT team members fired at him.

Aid was on-scene and treated the man before he was transported to the hospital.

It was confirmed later that one sheriff’s deputy and one Everett police officer fired their weapons.

According to his obituary, Cates enjoyed being outdoors, either hiking in the mountains or boating on Puget Sound.

He is survived by parents Neal and Debbra Cates; sister Courtney; grandmothers Laberta Cates, Karen Coffey and Deanna Saunders; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.