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Press Release

*** For Immediate Release***

Date: November 14, 2011
Contact: Trooper Troy Briggs
Phone: 509-993-2946
E-mail: troy.briggs@wsp.wa.gov

 

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Officer Involved Shooting Update

The Spokane Investigative Regional Response (SIRR) Team has completed their on-scene investigation into Saturday’s Officer Involved Shooting in Colville. The SIRR Team consists of investigators from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, the Spokane Police Department and the Washington State Patrol. A detective from the Colville Police Department has been assigned to assist the SIRR Team during this investigation.

Investigators spent the day Sunday conducting witness interviews and collecting evidence that will be submitted to the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab for analysis. An autopsy on the suspect is scheduled for today at the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office in Spokane. The SIRR Team has scheduled a meeting with the officer that was involved in the shooting incident for this Tuesday.

The investigation is continuing and additional information will be disseminated as it becomes available. Any additional inquiries can be made to Trooper Troy Briggs at 509-993-2946.

 

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