SPOKANE, Wash. – The Spokane Police Department (SPD) responded to multiple drive-by shootings, two yesterday evening and one in the morning.
According to police on Tuesday, July 23, around 5 p.m., SPD received reports of gunshots near Lincoln Street and Cleveland Avenue. Shots were fired from a black car that fled the scene. No victims were found, according to police.
Thirty minutes later, another report came in of shots from a black vehicle in the same area, according to SPD. Officers found bullet holes in a shed and a home on North Lincoln. Witnesses saw a man fleeing to a white car. It’s believed that the two groups exchanged gunfire before leaving in separate cars. Further investigation led to a house on East Lacrosse Avenue where the black car was located. Travis Williams, the suspected owner of the car, 25, was detained along with others and a firearm was found.
Williams was arrested for second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. The investigation is ongoing.
Early on July 24, officers responded to a gunshot at a motel on S. Rustle St. They found a bullet hole in the ceiling and a shell casing, but no suspects or injuries were reported.
SPD asks anyone with information to call Crime Check at 509-456-2233.
