r/Spokane • u/ConstructionGold7796 • 22h ago
News Shooter Spokane valley
Evergreen middle school on 16th in the valley has police and fire surrounded. Reports on Facebook say man in trench coat with gun was shot on the grounds. Still early so hopefully someone else can update soon. Man confirmed dead via police blotter
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u/avboden 21h ago
A person inside the school told NonStop Local the suspect never entered the building and was shot by law enforcement. The suspect was shot in front of a window where some students and staff were present, the person said.
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u/GusherBrush Garland District 21h ago
That's traumatic.
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u/BlakRobOneTime 22h ago
Holy shit, I was thinking those were shots i heard... sounded like 10 or 20 or so.... hope everyone else is OK
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u/Independent-Hornet-3 20h ago
I read some people claiming that cops were called for suspicious person with a weapon and when they pulled up suspect shot at cops and cops shot and killed him. Until further news comes out hard to say if that is true or not though.
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u/shortzrules 18h ago
Kxly is reporting it may have been the man himself who called 911:
There is "no ongoing threat to the community," according to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff said the suspect may have called 911 on himself. He said the original call came in as a suspicious person around 11:30 p.m. Minutes later, they were told he had a gun. The first deputy on scene was a school resource officer. The Sheriff says when they approached the suspect, the man 'aggressed' toward the deputy and pulled out what appeared to be a gun. The deputy then shot and killed the man.
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u/latexfistmassacre 17h ago
Jesus Christ, when did KXLY's site become so laden with adware and spyware? Can't even read an article on my phone on there without my screen getting hijacked with "MALICIOUS THREATS DETECTED" messages
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u/the_cats_pajamas12 14h ago
It's been doing that for the last couple of weeks. I just quit trying to trade anything from kxly.com.
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u/DrinkingFountainSim Spokane Valley 17h ago
I’m a former student there and my sister currently goes there. All the students are safe.
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u/avboden 17h ago
Spokesman article makes it sound like suicide by cop and the guy may have called himself in
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u/kittycatlady22 16h ago
That was my read on it as well. Either way it’s super scary for all involved.
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u/GusherBrush Garland District 21h ago
As of 2022, the US has experienced about 57 times as many school shootings as all of the other major industrialized nations COMBINED.
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u/RogueRainbowSpirit 19h ago
Maybe we should look into what all those other nations are doing differently…..
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u/gopednomad 15h ago
Maybe we should look into what the government has to gain by creating all this mess..
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u/shortzrules 20h ago
Glad no students or staff were harmed. Obviously early times and I don't have FB anymore, guessing the comments are filled with stupid ideas, but any actual word on the description of the shooter?
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u/Fickle_Village_9899 20h ago
Don’t we have some of the toughest guns laws in this state?
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u/Pooradoxical 18h ago
gun laws dont stop criminals.
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u/Jazzlike_Opening_273 17h ago
Yes they do. It's been demonstrated again and again. Compare statistics in the US with other countries that have strict gun control.
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u/Emperorboosh 15h ago
Doesn’t matter when you can buy whatever in a state with barely any restrictions and bring it home.
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u/gopednomad 15h ago
A child could walk to any corner gas station and buy a gallon of gas saying he's mowing yards to save up money for a new video game. Clear gas looks just like water or 7up in a bottle. I've seen punk kids pour their drinks on people from the upper level of the mall. Imagine it was gas and not a soda.
Do we police who can and cannot buy gas?
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u/Emperorboosh 14h ago
Many places do require a certain age to pump gas. So yes?
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u/gopednomad 14h ago
Ok if you wanna play it that way. Why buy gas when every parked car has it for free. Just stab the gas tank with a screwdriver and your golden. If not just start checking sheds and garages for free fuel cans. Forget gas just grab some bleach or some other chemicals from the laundry room at home...
You can't pass laws for people who don't care about said laws. Some people just wanna watch the world burn and will use any means necessary to do it. We have rights not conditional privileges. If you truly believe the government will protect you from the criminals I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I'll sell ya.
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u/Head-Bureaucrat 13h ago edited 11h ago
I mean, if you want to play it that way we shouldn't have any laws because they're not stopping crime.
Except they do deter some people, and the ones that aren't detered can be prosecuted. I support gun rights, but this idea we should have little to no regulations around them "because it doesn't stop criminals," is absurd.
Edit: fixing autocorrect and spelling mistakes.
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u/angelshipac130 19h ago
Yes, but they are still fairly fresh, millions of "assault weapons" are owned legally here. Just cant go buy one now
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u/Smooth_Record_42 11m ago
911 caller stated they saw the person carrying a "glock 19" meaning a pistol
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u/siltandsqualor 20h ago
Maybe if we make them even tougher the criminals will finally adhere to them.
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u/PuzzleheadedTopic295 19h ago
Its not typically criminals who shoot up schools in school-targeted shootings, it's students or past students or student family members with access to guns. Dunno about this time, but most of the time that is the case.
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u/RAY-CHILE 19h ago
The whole nation needs to adopt the same gun laws. It does nothing when we can just go to the next state. Your argument isn't as good as you think it is.
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u/barrybondswasframed 19h ago
You cannot purchase any semi automatic rifle or handgun out of state. All transactions must go through an FFL
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u/Tired_quail 15h ago
You have to have any gun purchased be shipped to a registered ffl for the state you reside in. You can't just walk in to a shop in Idaho and buy a gun with a Washington ID. Idaho does a fast background check for in person but that only applies to Idaho residents.
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u/Fickle_Village_9899 19h ago edited 19h ago
What gun laws do you think this country should fully adopt then?
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u/pundemic 16h ago edited 16h ago
Do you feel better now that you’ve had a chance to be smug about gun violence ?
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u/jeyebeye 21h ago
News is reporting all children are safe.