In brief: Doctors discover gunshot woman while treating woman

Doctors treating a woman who was thought to be suffering from a drug overdose Tuesday morning found a gunshot wound in her lower abdomen.

Police and paramedics were called to an apartment in the 2900 block of East Diamond Avenue on a “trouble unknown” call around 10:30 a.m., said Spokane Police Department spokeswoman Monique Cotton. The 911 caller said something was wrong with a woman there and a gun may have been fired.

The woman was vomiting and police reported seeing a “large amount” of drug paraphernalia in the apartment.

The woman was taken to the hospital, where doctors found the life-threatening gunshot wound. Major Crimes detectives are investigating the incident.

Alliance Data to add 130 jobs at call center

Alliance Data Retail Services plans to add 130 jobs at its Coeur d’Alene call center by the end of the year and up to 350 jobs over the next two to three years. The company, which manages credit card programs for retail brands such as Victoria’s Secret, J.Crew, Eddie Bauer and HSN, also plans to add 75,000 square feet of space to make room for the new employees.

Based in Columbus, Ohio, Alliance Data opened the Coeur d’Alene call center last September in a 44,500-square-foot building built by Coldwater Creek but never used by the former Sandpoint-based retailer. It’s at 745 W. Hanley Ave., west of U.S. Highway 95.

Alliance Data began with 200 employees earning salaries starting just above $11 an hour. The new positions include full-time leadership and representative roles in fraud, customer retention and payments for inbound and outbound calls.

To apply, go to www.alliance dataretail.com/careers.

Police pursuit ends in crash, DUI charge

Police who believed they were responding to help a fallen fellow officer Monday evening instead ended up chasing a Ford Crown Victoria driven by a man who appeared to be drunk.

Someone called 911 to report seeing a man slumped over the wheel of a car around Crestline Street and Joseph Avenue in northeast Spokane just before 6 p.m. The caller assumed the man was a police officer because of the make and model of the car, which did not have any police markings, according to court documents.

The call went out as “officer needs assistance,” but responding officers instead spotted the car driving south on Crestline at Wellesley Avenue. The car was going up to 60 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone as officers pursued it. The driver stopped when he crashed head-on into another car at Walton Avenue and Magnolia Street, according to court documents.

The driver, identified as Chad R. Englehardt, reportedly tried to back up and leave the scene until an officer used a patrol car to block him. Englehardt, 43, refused commands to get out of his car and “less lethal” techniques were used to subdue him. After negotiations failed, officers used bean bag rounds, a Taser and a “flash bang” grenade while taking him into custody, said police spokeswoman Monique Cotton.

Englehardt had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech at the scene. Two breath tests showed alcohol levels of 0.267 and 0.275 – more than three times the legal limit of 0.08, according to court documents. He is being held on $50,000 bond on charges of driving under the influence, hit-and-run and attempt to elude a police vehicle. Englehardt also had a warrant out for his arrest on a charge of driving under the influence.