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Spokane deputies shot in North Spokane
Two Spokane deputies were shot shortly after 4 p.m. near Newport Highway and East Elm Road, about a half mile north of the Y, Tuesday, June 19, 2012.
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Police respond to the scene at Division Street and Graves Road near RVs Northwest where two Spokane sheriff’s deputies were shot, Tuesday, June 19, 2012.
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One of two deputies who was shot and critically wounded on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, is rolled into the emergency room at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.
Tyler Tjomsland The Spokesman-Review
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Spokane police officers and a K-9 unit dog canvas the neighborhood on Graves Road where a suspect, who shot two Spokane County sheriff’s deputies, had abandoned his SUV and fled the scene.
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A suspect who shot two Spokane County sheriff’s deputies abandoned his Chevy Suburban on Graves Road at Division Street Tuesday, June 19, 2012.
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This photo released by Washington state Department of Corrections shows Charles Wallace, 41. Charles R. Wallace was awaiting trial on heroin trafficking charges.
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After word comes in that the shooting suspect was fleeing police near Deer Park, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich quickly leaves the scene where the suspect had abandoned his vehicle on Graves Rd and U.S. Highway 395.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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As police closed in on a suspect in the shooting of two Spokane County sheriff’s deputies today, the suspect fired repeatedly at pursuing cars, then shot himself in Deer Park at U.S. Highway 395 and Crawford Road. The Honda Accord the suspect drove is at far left.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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An officer observes a house on the 900 block of East Princeton from behind a parked car.
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Nate Thompson of Spokane gets caught up in the mix as officials set up a perimeter around a home on the 900 block of East Princeton on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in Spokane, Wash. Thompson, who sported a shirt saying ” It’s all fun and games until the cops show up” went into a home to check on his aunt, and was briefly handcuffed after he left the home.
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A group of boys ended up in the middle of the action as law enforcement officials set up a perimeter around a home on the 900 block of East Princeton.
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A Spokane police officer responds to the 900 block of East Princeton on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in Spokane, Wash.
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Rescue officials watch as a SWAT team descends on a house on the 900 block of East Princeton from behind a parked car.
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Bystanders snap photos and smoke cigarettes as a SWAT team descends on a house on the 900 block of East Princeton.
Tyler Tjomsland The Spokesman-Review
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Officers map out the scene where a two deputies where shot a at the intersection of Newport Highway and East Elm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, in North Spokane, Wash.
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The deputies shot, Tuesday, June 19, 2012, were Matt Spink, left, and Mike Northway, right, Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said during an afternoon press conference on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Both deputies are still in the hospital.
Courtesy of the Spokane Police Department
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