1st Person: Lee Was My Neighbor
Unidentified mourners place flowers on a memorial for manager Belinda Niebuhr outside Arby's Restaurant in Moscow Monday. Niebuhr died after being shot while at work on Saturday. (Moscow-Pullman Daily News/AP photo: Geoff Crimmins)
At Moscow-Pullman Daily News, staff writer Terri Harber tells of living two doors down from triple-murder suspect John Lee in a Moscow apartment building -- and her disbelief Saturday when she saw apartment manager David Trail wheeled out of his office motionless: "
John Lee, who used to go by the name Kane Grzebielski, was my neighbor. He lived two doors down from me at an apartment building in Moscow owned and managed by David Trail, someone I considered more than just a landlord because he was genuinely kind, interested in others and not just "business friendly" or going through the motions of social contact, as most other people do. Lee is accused of fatally shooting Trail, his adoptive mother, Terri Grzebielski, and Belinda Niebuhr, a local restaurant manager and family friend. A man in the office with Trail, Michael Chin, was shot and injured. I watched in anger, sadness and disbelief as Trail was wheeled out of his office on a gurney. He was motionless and there appeared to be a bullet hole on his left side. More here.
Remembering:
- Friends describe Terri Grzebielski as 'larger than life'/Shannon Quinn, Daily News
- Dave Trail: A man who could get things done/Terri Harber, Daily News
- Belinda Niebuhr remembered as mother for everyone/Shannon Quinn, Daily News
Also:
- Michael Chin: Known as an advocate for human rights/Anthony Kuipers, Daily News
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