Callers told emergency dispatchers the man a Vancouver police officer would later fatally shoot in downtown Vancouver had a replica gun. But investigators failed to tell the public the gun was a replica until weeks after the June 8 incident.

Responding officers also briefly discussed whether the man had a replica gun over the police radio moments before an officer opened fire, according to emergency dispatch audio obtained by The Columbian.

Multiple people called 311 and 911 about 1:45 p.m. to report an aggressive German shepherd had bitten several people. They also reported the dog's owner, later identified by investigators as Vadim Sashchenko, 43, had a gun that appeared to be a replica, according to audio files The Columbian obtained from the Clark County Prosecutor's Office under the state Public Records Act.

The prosecutor's office did not respond to The Columbian's questions about the status of its review of the shooting's legality before publication.