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Sat., Dec. 4, 2010, 11:22 p.m.
Police shooting closes Market Street
Spokane Police have closed a section of North Market Street and set up a command center, after an officer-involved shooting.
Thu., Nov. 18, 2010
Officers in shooting named
Six police officers fired a total of 26 shots at a man who refused to drop a shotgun near a busy Spokane intersection last week, investigators said Wednesday. Ethan A. …
Thu., Nov. 18, 2010
Pair charged with drug trafficking
A Spokane woman who was nine months pregnant and unarmed when she was shot by a Washington State Patrol sergeant during a drug raid has been charged with drug trafficking. …
Sun., Nov. 14, 2010
Police reopen shooting scene
Investigators wrapped up their search of the scene of Friday’s fatal police shooting and reopened the neighborhood about noon Saturday. The shooter, who was killed after firing shots at a …
Thu., Oct. 28, 2010
Sheriff’s deputy in shooting named
The Spokane County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man Sunday night in Spokane Valley was identified Wednesday as Rustin Olson. Olson, who was involved in a nonfatal police …
Wed., Oct. 27, 2010
Man killed by deputy had been suicidal
A man shot and killed by a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy on Sunday underwent a mental evaluation after trying to commit suicide last summer. A police report obtained Tuesday said …
Tue., Oct. 26, 2010
Family questions fatal-encounter with sheriff’s deputy
Before Quentin Donald Dodd’s fatal confrontation with a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy on Sunday, his landlord said she’d had enough. “He was very aggressive and threatening, so I said, ‘You …
Mon., Oct. 25, 2010, 8:37 p.m.
Valley man shot by deputy is ID’d
The man killed Sunday night by police has been identified as 50-year-old Quentin D. Dodd, who reportedly had threatened two of his roommates with a knife before police confronted him.
Mon., Oct. 25, 2010
Valley man shot, killed in police confrontation
A Spokane Valley man is dead after a confrontation with police Sunday night.
Tue., Sept. 28, 2010, 1:20 p.m.
WSP sergeant who shot pregnant woman is 25-year vet
The Washington State Patrol sergeant who shot an unarmed pregnant woman during a drug raid in Spokane early Friday has been identified as Lee Slemp, a 25-year veteran.
Tue., Sept. 28, 2010
Shot woman said to have given birth
A spokesman for the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, which is leading the investigation into last week’s shooting of an unarmed pregnant woman by a Washington State Patrol sergeant, said Monday …
Sun., Sept. 19, 2010
Woman linked to police killer may plead guilty
TACOMA – A woman accused of helping Maurice Clemmons after he ambushed and killed four police officers last year is expected to plead guilty this week, Pierce County prosecutors say. …
Wed., Sept. 15, 2010
Paper seeks shooting records of killed Lakewood officers
OLYMPIA – Washington’s largest newspaper has asked the state Supreme Court to release police files from last year’s fatal shootings of four police officers, saying there’s no evidence the documents …
Sat., May 15, 2010, 2:48 p.m.
Pierce County deputy suspected in killing found dead
GIG HARBOR, Wash. — A sheriff’s deputy accused of fatally shooting his wife’s parents was found dead in his Gig Harbor, Wash., home early Saturday, after an hourslong standoff with …
Thu., March 25, 2010
Man shot by Spokane Valley officers enters not guilty plea
A Spokane Valley man shot by police pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of second-degree assault. Michael E. Young, 55, is accused of pointing a handgun at Spokane Valley …
Thu., March 11, 2010, 3:50 p.m.
Link should stay in prison, panel says
Lonnie Link, who shot and killed Spokane Police Officer Brian Orchard in 1983, should not have his sentence of life without parole commuted. a state board recommended today.
Thu., Dec. 31, 2009
Crimes linked to Spokane man
A gunman fires into a crowd, hitting a teenager in the back. A carjacker beats a driver with a gun, trying to force her out of her car. Thieves steal …
Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 8 p.m.
Man, 20, accused of shooting at Spokane police
A gunman fires into a crowd, hitting a teenager in the back. A carjacker beats a driver with a gun, trying to force her out of her car. Thieves steal …
Mon., Dec. 28, 2009
Region in brief: Police say man was suicidal
Spokane Valley police shot and wounded a man they described as suicidal following a standoff Sunday. The 55-year-old, whose name has not been released, was taken to a hospital with …
Sun., Dec. 27, 2009, 6:45 p.m.
Man shot by police in Spokane Valley
Spokane Valley police shot a man they described as suicidal following a standoff this afternoon.
Mon., June 29, 2009, 4:27 p.m.
Honored Spokane K-9 dies due to surgery complications
A Spokane police K-9 awarded a Purple Heart for taking two bullets died Sunday morning due to complications from surgery to remove a brain tumor.
Sat., May 2, 2009
Report clears dispatcher in Pete shooting
An internal investigation has cleared a Spokane police dispatcher of wrongdoing after questions arose over the truthfulness of his testimony in the acquittal of an off-duty officer who shot a …
Tue., April 28, 2009
K9 Var awarded Purple Heart
One of the Spokane Police Department’s highest honors came with an unusual gift Monday night when it was awarded by Spokane police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick – a large bone. Kirkpatrick …
Thu., April 16, 2009, 3:56 p.m.
Assault conviction upheld in shootout with Spokane police
The assault conviction of an armed man shot in the face by Spokane police during a May 1, 2007 shootout has been upheld by the state Appeals Court. But the …
Wed., April 8, 2009, 9:25 p.m.
Hanging up the police collar
This a tale of two type-A personalities, both with tails.
Sat., April 4, 2009, 10:25 a.m.
Gunman opens fire, 3 Pittsburgh police officers killed
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police say a man wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on officers during a domestic disturbance call, killing three of them.
Thu., March 26, 2009
In brief: Officers in shooting cleared for duty
Two Spokane police officers have been cleared to return to work after a confrontation last week in which the officers shot and killed a Deer Park man. Police policy requires …
Fri., March 20, 2009, 11:25 a.m.
Spokane officers in fatal shooting named
The names of two Spokane police officers and a canine partner involved in the shooting death of a car theft suspect were released through the Spokane Sheriff’s Department this morning.
Thu., Feb. 26, 2009, 6:57 p.m.
Idaho Senate passes Kralicek bill
After five years of unsuccessful tries, a North Idaho senator on Thursday persuaded the Idaho Senate to approve - near-unanimously - legislation to help permanently disabled law enforcement officers like …
Thu., Jan. 15, 2009
Shooting brings murder charge
OAKLAND, Calif. – In a racially tinged case that has sparked outrage and street protests in Oakland, a former transit police officer seen on video shooting an unarmed man in …