In brief: County gets mixed scores on pollution

Spokane County received an A for low levels of smog-forming ozone in a report issued by the American Lung Association.

But the area fared worse for particulate pollution, earning a C. The results were released Thursday as part of the ALA’s annual State of the Air report.

According to the report, one in six U.S. residents lives in areas with unhealthy levels of particulates – a cocktail of ash, soot, diesel exhaust and other chemicals. Coughing and sneezing fail to dislodge the microscopic particles from the lungs. They can trigger asthma and heart attacks, strokes, cancer and even early death, the ALA report said.

Most other Washington counties earned passing grades in the report. Snohomish and Pierce counties were the exception, receiving a D and F respectively for particulate pollution.

Teen arrested in shooting

An 18-year-old man who police say shot a 46-year-old woman in the back has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Kenneth J. Moore was located about 3 p.m. Thursday, an hour after authorities announced a warrant for his role in the April 2 shooting, said Spokane police Officer Jennifer DeRuwe.

Pierre Davis, 19, who is already in jail on five counts of attempted murder for a Feb. 17 shooting at 903 W. Spofford Ave., has also been charged in the North Post Street shooting. He was charged with six additional counts of attempted murder.

The 46-year-old victim was standing with a crowd of people in the 4300 block of North Post when shots were fired, police said. The woman was hit in the back with a bullet when she bent to pick up a beer, but she was not the intended target.

Man jailed after chase, police say

Police said a Spokane man fled from them in a Honda sedan late Wednesday, running a stop sign and crashing into another vehicle before being arrested after a brief foot chase.

Police tried pulling over Robert S. McDonnell, 44, for reckless driving, but he continued driving on Rowan Avenue, where he ran a stop sign at the Stone Street intersection, crashed into an eastbound vehicle and tried to run, according to police.

McDonnell was booked into Spokane County Jail on charges of attempting to elude a police vehicle, hit-and-run and two counts of unlawful imprisonment for allegedly refusing to allow a passenger to get out of his car.

Drugs were thrown from the car during the pursuit, according to police, and officers believe alcohol was involved.

Two people in the car police say McDonnell crashed into were treated at the scene for minor injuries, according to police.

Moscow, idaho

Slain officer’s name added to memorial

The name of a Moscow police officer killed in last year’s church sniper shooting joined the names of thousands of others who died in the line of duty when it was engraved on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., Thursday.

Lee Newbill was killed in a May 19 shooting rampage that ended when the gunman, Jason Hamilton, killed himself with one of two high-powered rifles he used to fire 125 rounds on the Latah County Courthouse from a church parking lot.

He earlier killed his wife, Crystal Hamilton, with a gunshot to the head.

Newbill died from three gunshot wounds he suffered while trying to stop Hamilton. The 48-year-old father of three was the first Moscow police officer killed in the line of duty.

Also killed in the shooting was First Presbyterian Church caretaker Paul Bauer; injured were Latah County sheriff’s Deputy Brannon Jordan, Moscow police Officer Bill Shields and University of Idaho student Peter Husmann.

Newbill joins more than 17,500 officers honored on the memorial. More than 350 names were added Thursday.