Region in brief: Gunshot victim says he never saw shooter
Police are asking for help solving a shooting last week near East Fifth Avenue and South Cowley Street in Spokane.
Witnesses reported hearing two gunshots in the area Aug. 7.
The victim drove to a hospital with a gunshot wound to his back about the same time police responded to the area.
The victim told police that he didn’t see the shooter and didn’t know where the shot came from, “but that it sounded very close,” according to a news release from Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Dave Reagan.
Officers found two bullet holes in the victim’s Lexus. One bullet entered the car from the front and appeared to be the one that injured the victim, Reagan wrote.
The second bullet hole was in front of the driver’s door. Officers found two bullet casings at Fifth and Cowley.
Anyone with information is asked to call (509) 327-5111 or (800) 222-TIPS.
Nonprofit seeking school supplies
The Salvation Army expects more than 1,000 children from low-income families to request school supplies in its annual back-to-school distribution, but the nonprofit has only enough materials for about 200 children.
The distribution will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. Aug. 24 and Aug. 25 at the community center at 222 E. Indiana Ave.
All types of school supplies are needed. Collection bins can be found at ShopKo, Fred Meyer, Rite Aid and Dollar Store locations. Donations of supplies or money can be dropped off at the Indiana Avenue location.
The supplies will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Families should bring adult identification and proof that each child lives in the home. Such proof could include Social Security cards, medical coupons or school IDs. Call (509) 325-6821 for information.
Council hits impasse over power plan
Members of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council have deadlocked over a plan that calls for 85 percent of the region’s new power needs over the next 20 years to be achieved through conservation.
Council spokesman John Harrison said the eight members of the panel voted 4-4 during a meeting in Spokane on Wednesday on whether to release the plan to the public for 60 days of comment.
The members from Montana and Idaho voted against the proposal, while the members from Washington and Oregon voted for it.
Harrison said the panel will meet again in a few weeks to continue work on a plan for meeting the region’s future energy needs. The Portland-based council drafts a regional power plan every five years for the four states.