SPOKANE, Wash. – Court documents suggest that a deadly shooting in may have been an act of self-defense.
An active police investigation into the Spokane Valley shooting that left one man dead revealed two suspects who were detained and questioned by law enforcement.
Police learned that two men were at work when they took a break and got into a car together. The men said that as they were sitting in their car they were approached and confronted by other men.
The suspect told police that one the men confronting them saying something to the effect of “our boy said you were hitting on his wife.”
An altercation allegedly followed the confrontation when the suspect said that the victim said something like “you wanna fight, I’m down to fight” and then pulled out a silver gun.
The suspect then described the victim ‘racked’ the gun and pointed it at him. He then explained to police he grabbed a pistol in his pocket and shot the victim multiple times.
Court documents describe how the two suspects then left the scene and drove to one of their mother’s houses. The man who had claimed to shoot the person who died said he returned to his mother’s home and changed his scrubs.
Police found the men at the mother’s home and contacted her. She allegedly explained to police the two men had been in a fight at work and were now inside her home. Court documents say both men left the house without incident and were detained for questioning.
The mother then exited the house again carrying a backpack that she described as having the guns the suspects used inside.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing and the identity of the victim will be released at a later time. The suspects are not currently facing any charges in this incident.
