In brief: One dead, one hurt in shooting

One man died and another was in critical condition late Tuesday after they were shot in the basement of a South Hill business, which had been converted into an apartment, police said.

Police did not release names of the victims or of a man taken into custody.

The shooting occurred about 6:45 p.m. at 29th Avenue and Regal Street in an apartment below the Studio K lounge, said Spokane Police spokesman Cpl. Tom Lee. Next door was a COPS substation, which was empty at the time.

Two women witnessed the shooting, Lee said. Officers responding to a 911 call found the critically wounded man on the base of a ramp, outside the apartment’s door. They used a squad car for cover and dragged the man away, Lee said. The man was taken to a hospital.

The shooter remained inside but surrendered without resistance, police said. One of the female witnesses was found trying to hide, Lee said.

An officer on the scene said he had been to the same address before on service calls, Lee said, but the nature of those calls was unclear Tuesday.

Murphy, Idaho

Father, daughter found dead

Searchers have found a missing father and daughter dead in their remote Owyhee County cabin, and investigators believe they died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Russell LaTulippe, 45, and his 16-year-old daughter, Laila, left their Boise home Saturday night to go snowmobiling in southwest Idaho’s Owyhee Mountains. They were reported missing by family members Monday morning, and searchers found them dead two hours later in their cabin south of Murphy.

Officers estimate they died late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, according to Chief Deputy Bruce Cameron of the Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office. The cabin, built in the last year or so, was fairly airtight, and deputies found evidence the pair had been running a propane stove and propane lantern for heat and light, Cameron said.

Seattle

Hendrix family sues over vodka

The family of late rock legend Jimi Hendrix filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court protesting a local company’s use of his name to market vodka.

Experience Hendrix, the family-run company, claimed in the lawsuit that companies owned by Seattle businessman Craig Dieffenbach are using trademarked material to market Hendrix Electric Vodka and other products.

Janie Hendrix, CEO of the family company and the adopted sister of Jimi, called the promotional campaign a “sick joke” because Hendrix’s death in 1970 was tied to alcohol consumption.

“We are greatly concerned that there may be a perception that Experience Hendrix has, in some way, authorized this sale of vodka,” she said in a statement Tuesday. “As a matter of strict policy, we have never promoted an alcoholic beverage.”

The Hendrix Electric Vodka is packaged in purple-tinted bottles and has Jimi Hendrix’s face and signature above the label.

The lawsuit said the vodka’s packaging and marketing campaign too closely resembles images trademarked by the family company and refers to copyrighted songs and albums.

Dieffenbach said the lawsuit has no legal basis because a 2005 federal court ruled that Experience Hendrix does not own the rights to Jimi Hendrix’s name and image – just his music.

Electric Hendrix has the trademark rights for alcohol, coffee, perfume, casinos, hotels and financial products, said Dieffenbach, who has ties to Jimi’s brother, Leon Hendrix.