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2 Bonner County deputies shot

Officers with the Idaho State Police block Mountain View Road in Blanchard after two Bonner County sheriff’s deputies were shot Monday, January 16, 2017. (Joe McHale / KHQ)
Officers with the Idaho State Police block Mountain View Road in Blanchard after two Bonner County sheriff’s deputies were shot Monday, January 16, 2017. (Joe McHale / KHQ)

Two Bonner County sheriff’s deputies were shot while trying to arrest a man Monday morning at a home in Blanchard, Idaho.

Both deputies were shot three times, but their injuries were not life-threatening, Coeur d’Alene police Detective Jared Reneau said. The deputies were in surgery as of Monday afternoon and are expected to recover.

The deputies were shot around 11:30 a.m. while trying to arrest a man with a warrant, Reneau said. They were transported to Kootenai Health for treatment of their injuries.

The suspect in the home was also shot, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Detective Dennis Stinebaugh said. Stinebaugh wouldn’t say whether the man was shot by the deputies or if his injury was self-inflicted. The suspect was also taken to Kootenai Health, where he was still in surgery as of 4 p.m./Eli Francovich, SR. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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