A domestic violence suspect was stopped by Spokane police Thursday night after one officer fired a shotgun loaded with bags of beans. Police were called about 6 p.m. to apartments in the 2300 block of East Euclid Avenue and found a man holding two large kitchen knives in his hands and trying to break into one of the apartments.

Police said Scott E. Leiper, 53, was attempting to kick in the door of an apartment occupied by his wife.

After he refused repeated commands by officers to drop the knives, an officer fired a round of bean bags from a shotgun. As he did so, a woman ran toward Leiper. Officers then rushed Leiper to protect the woman, and Leiper dropped the knives, police said.

Leiper was booked for domestic violence assault.

The woman who rushed Leiper was also arrested for obstructing police. She was identified as Amanda F. Dougherty, 44.

Robber steals pain meds

A Deer Park pharmacy was robbed Friday for the second time this month.

A man, who vaguely resembled the person who robbed the pharmacy Dec. 5, walked into the Medicine Shoppe at 11 E. H St. about 4 p.m. and handed employees a note demanding pain medication, said Sgt. Dave Reagan, Spokane county Sheriff’s spokesman. He indicated he was armed with a gun, though one was not displayed.

He ran from the pharmacy behind the nearby Salty Dog Eatery, just as the robber did earlier in the month, Reagan said. In this robbery, an employee followed the man and saw him run into a trailer park at 600 S. Main St.

He is described as white, in his early 20s, 5’8” tall and thin. He had blond hair, blue eyes and a two-day growth of beard. He wore a black beanie, a tan fleece jacket, blue cargo pants and black leather gloves.

He fled with an undisclosed amount of prescription pain medications and took the note he handed to employees with him. No one was injured in the robbery.

Anyone with information regarding either robbery should call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233.