PM Headlines — 5.11.11

Alan Creach, right, stands with his mother Imogene, center, and other family members near the spot where their father was killed by a Spokane County Sheriff Deputy at The Plant Farm in the Spokane Valley. The Creach family held a press conference Wednesday to respond to the Sheriff Departments annoucement that the shooting death was both reasonable and justified. They have installed bright yellow chain to keep vehicles out of the parking lot when the business is closed. Thomas Clouse SR story here. (SR photo: Christopher Anderson)

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