Person of interest in Hauser Lake shooting arrested

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has a person of interest in custody following a Sunday night shooting in Hauser Lake. Deputies were called to a house in the 11700 block of North Hauser Lake Road around 9:30 p.m. Sunday and found Jeremy D. Stutheit, 40, of Rathdrum lying outside with a single gunshot wound. Medics transported him to Kootenai Health, where he is currently in stable condition. Witnesses told investigators that Stutheit had been involved in a fight at the Dinki D’s bar in Hauser with Michael E. Couture, 49, of Post Falls. Deputies located Couture’s car at an apartment building on Post Falls shortly after noon Monday and arrested him on an unrelated warrant. Detectives will continue their shooting investigation with interviews and search warrants for Couture’s vehicle and the apartment he was found in.