July 10, 2009 in City

Assistant city attorney Rocky Treppiedi, left, arrives on the scene of an officer-involved shooting Friday, July 10, 2009, in Spokane. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com

Michael Baesman, left, and Vince Smith, right, stand outside their north Spokane home Friday, July 10, 2009, after a stranger brandishing a knife broke in and threatened them and hit Smith’s mother, Tara Tanner, with a skateboard. The man was later shot dead by police a few blocks away. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com

Investigators from the Spokane Police Department and the Spokane County Sheriff’s Department examine the scene and cover the body of a man shot by police Friday, July 10, 2009, in north Spokane. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com

Michael Baesman, standing outside a house in north Spokane, was awakened by a man who broke into the home and displayed a knife Friday, July 10, 2009. The man was shot fatally by police later Friday in a nearby neighborhood. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com

Investigators from the Spokane Police Department and the Spokane County Sheriff’s Department examine the scene as others cover the body of a man shot by police Friday, July 10, 2009, in north Spokane. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com

Vince Smith peeks at police investigators in the backyard of his home where, earlier, a stranger broke in and threatened Smith, his mother and others in the house Friday, July 10, 2009. Police later shot the man a few blocks away. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com