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Cougar Gulch suspect still at large

Standing outside her home in Cougar Gulch, Barbara Reames says while she never felt panic, the sense of caution was prevalent on Tuesday when law enforcement was searching for a man near her property who allegedly assaulted a police officer with a stolen vehicle.
Standing outside her home in Cougar Gulch, Barbara Reames says while she never felt panic, the sense of caution was prevalent on Tuesday when law enforcement was searching for a man near her property who allegedly assaulted a police officer with a stolen vehicle. "There's a feeling of security here," Reames said on Wednesday. "[My neighbors and I] have a pretty good network for looking out for one another." (Jake Parrish/Coeur d'Alene Press photo)

Living near U.S. 95, Graydon and Virginia Johnson are used to hearing sirens, but Tuesday's manhunt hit a little too close to home at their residence in Cougar Gulch. "First time we've experienced anything like this since the place across the road was burglarized 60 years ago," said Graydon, who lives on Meadowbrook Loop. "They never found that guy either. "I was handling (Tuesday's manhunt) well until it occurred to me that all of this was happening in the daylight, so I began to wonder what night would be like. When night came I became uneasy. We made sure we kept our doors locked." The search began in the Cougar Gulch area Tuesday morning after a man driving a stolen vehicle reportedly rammed an Idaho State Police car during a car chase that resulted in gunfire. The suspect abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot. The hunt for the suspect was suspended Wednesday morning. The trooper was not injured/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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