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Victims foil robbery attempt

Compiled from staff and wire reports

A robbery was foiled early Sunday when the victims got the upper hand.

Four young men were walking on East Nora from a party at about 1:15 a.m. when two people wearing ski masks pointed a shotgun at them, the Spokane Police Department said in a written release.

The robbers ordered the men to put their wallets and cell phones in a pile and lie on the ground. One of them held the shotgun in the face of a victim, then turned away. That victim jumped up, tackled the masked person and took the shotgun away, the release said.

The second suspect ran up carrying a tire iron and hit one of the victims in the head. The victims jumped the assailant, took the tire iron and held the two while the police were called.

Officers seized the shotgun, which held 10 rounds, and the blood-stained tire iron.

The suspects, both 18, were identified as Alyssa M. Anderson, of 301 W. Broadway Ave., and Avery L. Loring, of 1221 E. Carlisle Ave. They were booked into jail on four counts each of first-degree armed robbery.

None of the victims required hospitalization.

Missing boy’s shoe discovered in river

Yellowstone Park, Wyo. A second white tennis shoe thought to have been worn by a missing 13-year-old Boy Scout was found in the turbulent Yellowstone River Sunday as the search effort expanded to 250 people, including kayakers.

Luke Sanburg, of Helena, Mont., was pushing logs into the river with other Scouts Friday when one of the logs clipped his legs and knocked him into the river. He was last seen floating downstream with his head above water level, the National Park Service said.

Luke and six members of his troop were camping in the northern part of the park, about six miles from Gardiner, Mont., a park gateway. Three adults were with the boys, said Cheryl Matthews, a park spokeswoman.

Sunday’s search continued to focus on a 14-mile section of the river between Knowles Falls and a bridge at Corwin Springs, Mont., and was expanded farther north into Montana. A team of kayakers combed the river Sunday, while park officials and volunteers focused on the river banks, Matthews said.

However, kayakers won’t be used again until the high waters have receded, Matthews said.

The first white tennis shoe, fitting the description of one worn by Luke, was found about five miles downstream from where he entered the river. The second shoe was found in the same general area.