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UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 16, 2014, 10:49 p.m.
Straub: Officers shoot knife-wielding man outside Truth Ministries shelter
Police officers shot a man Thursday night behind Truth Ministries in east Spokane.
Fri., Jan. 3, 2014, 4:56 p.m.
No charges will be filed in Coeur d’Alene police shooting
No charges will be filed against a Coeur d’Alene police officer who shot and killed a man armed with two knives in August. Officer Spencer Mortensen shot Eric B. Johnston, …
Wed., Oct. 23, 2013
Idaho trooper justified in shooting armed man, prosecutor says
An Idaho State Trooper was justified in shooting a Montana motorist who grabbed a gun during a police check along Interstate 90 at Lookout Pass in June, Shoshone County Prosecuting …
Tue., Oct. 22, 2013, 4:30 p.m.
Prosecutor: Idaho trooper ‘justified’ in shooting man on I-90
An Idaho State Trooper was justified in shooting a Montana motorist who grabbed a gun during a police check along Interstate 90 at Lookout Pass in June, Shoshone County Prosecuting …
Wed., Oct. 2, 2013, 4:10 p.m.
SIRR forwards investigation of Salvation Army shooting to prosecutors; no charges recommended
The Spokane Investigative Regional Response Team has completed its investigation of an officer-involved shooting in August, according to a news release. The report has been forwarded to county prosecutors.
Sat., Sept. 28, 2013
Colville-area residents protest park ranger shooting
COLVILLE – Bob Hartinger stood next to his wheelchair-bound son, Casey, outside the Stevens County Courthouse on Friday morning, holding aloft a sign reading “My son was shot by N.P.S.” …
Thu., Sept. 26, 2013
Rangers involved in campground shooting still not named
The U.S. Park Service is refusing to identify the rangers involved in a campground shooting near Kettle Falls earlier this month. The Washington State Patrol, which is assisting the investigation …
Sat., Aug. 31, 2013
Shawn Vestal: Police shooting inquiries must be public, transparent
They say most police officers never fire a shot in the line of duty. So would it be unusual for an officer to have shot four people in the line …
Fri., Aug. 30, 2013
Officer in fatal Coeur d’Alene shooting ID’d
The Coeur d’Alene police officer who shot and killed a man Sunday morning is Spencer Mortensen, who has been on the force six years, Chief Wayne Longo said Thursday. Mortensen, …
UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 29, 2013, 12:23 p.m.
CdA officer involved in shooting identified
Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Wayne Longo said Thursday that Officer Spencer Mortensen, a six-year veteran of the force, is the officer who shot and killed Eric B. Johnston on Sunday.
Thu., Aug. 29, 2013
James Rogers’ family questions death investigation
The shots that ended a standoff two years ago on the lower South Hill continue to create a wide chasm between how a grieving family and law enforcement investigators view …
Wed., Aug. 28, 2013
Police officers named in Danny Jones shooting death
Spokane police on Tuesday released the names of four officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old man last week, as family and friends grieved and remembered a man …
Tue., Aug. 27, 2013
CdA police shooting called ‘sickening’
Wendy Woods stood next to her blood-soaked carpet Monday morning and cried for the loss of her close friend, Eric Byron Johnston, who was shot and killed 24 hours earlier …
UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 25, 2013, 5:45 p.m.
Coeur d’Alene Police officer shoots, kills man
A 35-year-old Coeur d’Alene man was shot and killed by a Coeur d’Alene police officer this morning.
Fri., Aug. 23, 2013
Police fatally shoot man after he rams into vehicles
The wife of a man shot and killed by Spokane police looked out her window Thursday in time to witness the death of a man she’s known since childhood. “I …
Sat., Aug. 3, 2013, 2:54 p.m.
East Wenatchee police shooting case near settlement
SPOKANE — A federal lawsuit against the city of East Wenatchee and one of its police officers over the 2009 shooting of a suicidal man is close to an out-of-court …
Wed., July 10, 2013
County OKs settlement in Creach death
Spokane County commissioners on Tuesday voted to approve a $2 million settlement with the family of Wayne Scott Creach, a Spokane Valley nursery owner and pastor shot to death in …
UPDATED: Wed., June 19, 2013, 1:37 p.m.
Law enforcement from fatal Lookout Pass shooting identified
The law enforcement officers involved in the fatal shooting near Lookout Pass last week have been identified as Shoshone County Deputy Adam Durflinger and Idaho State Trooper Todd McDevitt.
Thu., June 13, 2013, 2:08 p.m.
Man shot by Idaho State Police trooper identified
The man shot by an Idaho State Police trooper on Lookout Pass Wednesday has been identified.
UPDATED: Wed., June 12, 2013, 4:30 p.m.
Idaho state trooper shoots, kills man on I-90
An Idaho State Police trooper shot and killed a man during a struggle over a handgun today along Interstate 90 at Lookout Pass, just west of the Idaho-Montana state line.
Sat., June 8, 2013
‘Put the knife away’ heard on 911 recording
Ten minutes before a sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Roy Jacobs Jr. in his brother’s Spokane Valley apartment last Saturday morning, a man in the house said, “Put the knife …
Fri., June 7, 2013, 7:28 p.m.
911 recording before deputy shooting referenced knife
Ten minutes before a sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Roy Jacobs Jr. in his brother’s Spokane Valley apartment last Saturday morning, a man in the house said, “Put the knife …
Wed., June 5, 2013
Spokane County sheriff defends deputy’s actions
A Spokane County Sheriff’s deputy’s actions confronting an intoxicated man early Saturday were evidence of bravery, Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said Tuesday. Deputy Jerad Kiehn shot and killed Roy Jacobs in …
Mon., June 3, 2013, 11:26 a.m.
Court document says man shot by deputy was struggling with a woman
The man shot to death Saturday by Spokane County sheriff’s deputies reportedly threatened the officers with a large knife and refused multiple commands to drop it, according to investigators.
UPDATED: Sat., June 1, 2013, 6:44 p.m.
Deputies shoot man to death in Spokane Valley
The niece of a wanted man killed in a deputy-involved shooting Saturday morning said the reported confrontation was unlike anything she knew him for. Spokane Valley deputies shot Roy Jacobs …
Tue., May 21, 2013
Spokane police officers named in shooting
Spokane police identified the three officers involved in last week’s shooting of a homicide suspect in Nine Mile Falls. Officers Jake Jensen, Danny Lesser and Adam Valdez have been placed …
Mon., May 20, 2013, 2:11 p.m.
Police release names of officers involved in shooting
Spokane Police have released the names of the three officers involved in shooting and killing a homicide suspect last week.
Sat., May 18, 2013
Officer believed suspect had gun
A homicide suspect shot and killed by Spokane police officers Thursday died in front of his home after running from officers. The investigation of an earlier fatal shooting led officers …
Fri., May 17, 2013
Two shootings leave two men dead
Spokane police officers tracked a homicide suspect to a Nine Mile Falls home where they shot and killed him early Thursday morning. Police believe the suspect killed a man early …
UPDATED: Thu., May 16, 2013, 6 p.m.
Homicide victim identified in early-morning shootings
Spokane Police, tracking a “dangerous individual” who they believed had killed a person in the city of Spokane less than an hour earlier, shot and killed the man in Spokane …