In brief: Police investigate fatal shooting in Moses Lake

A 38-year-old Spokane man has died after being shot in the chest in Moses Lake late Friday.

Juan Manuel Gonzalez Jr. was taken to the Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake about 10 p.m. Friday with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. He was later taken to a Spokane hospital by MedStar, where he died.

Investigators have seized the car used to take Gonzalez to the Moses Lake hospital and examined the scene of the shooting at the College Apartments at 4278 Grape Drive Northeast. The shooting does not appear to be random, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (509) 762-1160 or send an email to crimetips@grantcountywa.gov and use case number 15GS10835.

DNR lifts fire ban west of Cascades

OLYMPIA – Campfires are now allowed in state parks and state-protected lands west of the Cascade Mountains.

On Saturday, the state Department of Natural Resources began allowing campfires in official campgrounds on Western Washington lands it protects.

Outdoor burning is still prohibited at state parks and state-protected lands in Eastern Washington because of dry conditions.