Stories by Garrett Cabeza for the Spokesman-Review

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Man faces murder charge for shooting girlfriend in Browne’s Addition

UPDATED: Mon., June 1, 2026

A man is accused of murder after police say he shot his girlfriend over the weekend in Browne’s Addition and then drove her to the hospital where she died.

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72-year-old Spokane motorcyclist dies in I-90 crash in Cd’A

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2026

A 72-year-old Spokane man died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a SUV Friday afternoon on an Interstate 90 on-ramp in Coeur d’Alene.

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Investigators: Man passed out from inhalant before crashing into Hayden apartment, killing resident

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2026

A man, who was released from prison Monday, got high the next day off an air can in the Hayden Walmart parking lot before crashing minutes later into an apartment, killing an older man inside, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.

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Man in Ritzville skydiving accident died from blunt-force trauma, coroner says

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2026

The death of a skydiver in a midair collision last weekend was caused by “multiple blunt-force trauma,” according to Adams County Coroner Tiffany Cutforth.

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Spokane man sentenced to 15 years in prison for crime spree that included shooting man

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2026

A Spokane resident who went on a crime spree last summer that included shooting a man was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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Stolen urn returned to front door of Spokane cremation service

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2026

An urn reported stolen from a Spokane cemetery was returned to the front door of a cremation and funeral home three weeks later.

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Child believed to have accidentally shot, killed Othello man with pellet gun

UPDATED: Thu., May 28, 2026

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office believes a “young child” accidentally shot and killed a 33-year-old Othello man in the neck with a pellet or BB gun Wednesday night in Othello.

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Spokane police officer who killed armed man last week identified

UPDATED: Wed., May 27, 2026

Spokane police released on Wednesday the name of the officer who shot and killed an armed 28-year-old man after a struggle with police one week ago in the Logan Neighborhood.

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Boundary County man accused of shooting at law enforcement was intoxicated, searching for police on his property, deputy says

UPDATED: Wed., May 27, 2026

An intoxicated 50-year-old North Idaho man fired shots into the air outside his Naples home before he fired at a responding Boundary County Sheriff’s deputy and Bonners Ferry police Chief Willie Cowell last week, according to prosecutors and law enforcement.

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Truck crashes into Hayden apartment, killing resident

UPDATED: Wed., May 27, 2026

A truck crashed into an apartment in Hayden on Tuesday and killed a man who lived there.

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Sandpoint father, son killed in Memorial Day crash were ‘bright light,’ ‘selfless’

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2026

McCoy “Coy” Jensen was set to graduate from Sandpoint High School next week before going on a two-year church mission to Chile.

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28-year-old identified as man shot by Spokane police Thursday

UPDATED: Fri., May 22, 2026

The armed man who struggled with Spokane police before an officer shot and killed him Thursday morning in the Logan Neighborhood has been identified.

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Spokane man who raped two girls, killed another in 1980s denied parole

UPDATED: Thu., May 21, 2026

An 83-year-old convicted rapist, kidnapper and murderer did not make parole once again and will spend an additional 15 years in prison.

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Spokane bicyclist hit, killed in Whitman County identified

UPDATED: Thu., May 21, 2026

A 42-year-old Spokane man who was hit and killed riding a bicycle last week in Whitman County has been identified as Glenn George, according to Washington State Patrol.

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Man shot in chest during Spirit Lake domestic dispute expected to be charged

UPDATED: Thu., May 21, 2026

A boy shot a man in the chest after intervening in a domestic dispute between the man and a woman Wednesday night near Spirit Lake.

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Human remains found in wildlife area north of Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., May 21, 2026

Investigators are trying to identify human remains found last week in the Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area north of Spokane.

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Spokane police shoot, kill armed man during struggle in Logan Neighborhood

UPDATED: Thu., May 21, 2026

Spokane police shot and killed an armed man during a struggle early Thursday morning after responding to a domestic violence call involving the man, his wife and two young children in the Logan Neighborhood, Spokane Assistant Police Chief Matthew Cowles said.

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He ‘stole our entire future’: Shooter gets 29 years in prison for deadly Garland District road rage shooting

UPDATED: Wed., May 20, 2026

Leslie Paine was sitting with her husband, Joshua Paine, as they watched the news and finished their coffee the morning of May 23, 2024. She kissed him goodbye for work as she did on most weekdays for the past 24 years.

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New Post Falls police chief brings stability, experience, city officials say

UPDATED: Thu., May 21, 2026

A 28-year veteran of the Post Falls Police Department will serve as its next chief after seven months without a permanent fixture at the position.

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Suspect accused of shooting at Boundary County sheriff’s deputies arrested

UPDATED: Wed., May 20, 2026

Authorities arrested a suspect who fired shots at Boundary County Sheriff's Office deputies investigating a domestic violence incident early Wednesday morning, according to a sheriff's office news release.

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Judge again finds Mead School District liable in hazing lawsuit

UPDATED: Tue., May 19, 2026

Mead School District Superintendent Travis Hanson deleted references to “race and racial targeting” from the district’s investigation into football player hazing and later “stood before the school community” and said “nothing learned during the investigation suggested racial targeting or motivations,” according to court documents filed May 11 by an attorney representing one of the football players who was hazed.

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78-year-old man sent to prison for stealing Vietnam veteran’s identity to obtain $860K in federal benefits over 25 years

UPDATED: Sun., May 17, 2026

A federal judge sentenced a 78-year-old man to 2½ years in prison for a fraudulent scheme spanning more than 25 years where he stole a Vietnam War veteran’s identity to obtain Veterans Affairs benefits even after the Marine Corps veteran died in 2018.

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22-year-old man drank several Coronas, smoked from ‘dab pen’ prior to killing 21-year-old in crash, court docs say

UPDATED: Fri., May 15, 2026

A 22-year-old man admitted to drinking and using marijuana prior to slamming a car into a pole, killing a 21-year-old man and seriously injuring himself and two others inside the car last week near the Spokane International Airport.

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Spokane Valley police looking for two 12-year-old girls who ran away

UPDATED: Thu., May 21, 2026

Two 12-year-old girls reported missing in Spokane Valley last week have been found.

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Two bodies found in Spokane River identified

UPDATED: Fri., May 15, 2026

The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the bodies of two men who were pulled from the Spokane River within a week from each other this month.

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