In brief: Student suspect leaves detention
Spokane police found no guns or school maps Tuesday in the home of a 16-year-old boy accused of planning a shooting at North Central High School.
The boy was allowed to leave juvenile detention Wednesday but must be supervised by his parents at all times and is banned from any school property in Spokane County under a judge’s order.
Police recovered paperwork with gang graffiti and talk of shootings, as well as drawings of guns and shooting scenes Tuesday at the home in the 1800 block of West Dean Avenue, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Detectives and school officials identified the boy after students reported hearing talk of an upcoming shooting at the school that referred to the massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, which occurred 13 years ago this Friday.
Then last week, police found graffiti at Winco on North Nevada Street that also referenced an upcoming shooting at North Central.
Spokane Public Schools said no other students were involved with the boy and said it was taking extra precautions in light of the charges, including an “extra presence” of security guards at the school.
The boy, who has no criminal history, faces a charge of threatening to bomb or injure property.
Meghann M. Cuniff
Airway Heights cancels land-use meeting
The Airway Heights Planning Commission has postponed and not rescheduled a special meeting to consider new land-use rules to protect Fairchild Air Force Base from encroachment. The meeting had been set for Monday.
City officials are moving ahead with a plan to prevent growth and development from harming Air Force missions in the future.
Also, Spokane County commissioners have scheduled deliberations on their version of a Fairchild land-use plan today at 3:30 p.m. at the commissioner’s briefing room, 1116 W. Broadway Ave.
The Spokane City Council is seeing its package involving the same issue as a first-reading item on Monday, but no testimony is planned until the measures go to final reading.
Mike Prager