An incident in Spokane County, Washington, has reportedly taken the lives of three people, one of them a suspect, and seriously hurt two deputies. Per The New York Post, "A shooting and subsequent firefight with responding officers left three people dead, including the suspect, and two deputies critically wounded in eastern Washington state Tuesday." On the afternoon of November 3, deputies went to a home because a woman told a neighbor that she was allegedly "shot by her brother."
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The Situation Was Termed a Domestic Violence Incident
In an account of the incident on the
Facebook page of the Spokane County Sheriff's Department, it states that SWAT was deployed because one person had been shot and it was believed that others might have been wounded also. The account is captioned, "Deputies Critically Wounded at the Scene of a Domestic Violence Shooting."Per The New York Post, the three deceased people were the suspect, an individual who was found in the yard, and another in the home. The names of the dead and the suspect have not been made public at this time.
At a news conference, Sheriff John Nowels somberly said, "It's a very tragic day in Spokane County. A lot of families have been affected," he said. "Both of our deputies, fighting for their lives."
The Alleged Suspect Was Thought To Be a Significant Danger
An adult male suspect allegedly was a major concern. He had a felony warrant for his arrest, per the Facebook account, and might have possessed more weapons. Law enforcement personnel tried to enter the home to rescue the injured but unfortunately they were fired upon. The account continued, "The shots critically injured two Deputies as others returned fire. The two injured Deputies were rushed to the hospital for critical care."
The woman who got shot evidently sustained non-life-threatening injuries. She was taken to a hospital. The two deputies are still in critical condition.
With the suspect believed to be barricaded in the home, two SWAT teams were called in. One was from the Spokane PD, the other was from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office.
