News at 5 begins now.
Good evening and thank you for
joining us for cremation news at
5:00 tonight. I'm Mark hanrahan.
It's good to have you here.
I'm Whitney ward.
Tonight we are closely tracking two
deadly shootings in Spokane and
Spokane Valley last night at this hour,
we're bringing you team coverage of
those shootings with more details
about what we currently know.
Our Janelle Finch is live from E 7th Ave.
that's where the first shooting took place.
Meanwhile on Nathan Young is on S Havana St.
tonight looking into that second shooting,
starting with Janelle. Tonight,
though, she spent the afternoon.
Talking to neighbors and getting more
answers about what happened Janelle.
Tonight we're learning a 17 year old boy
is dead and two young adults are injured.
All three were shot here in the East
Central neighborhood last night.
We also learned that Spokane Police
found and recovered a vehicle they
believed was possibly involved.
E 7th Ave. is quiet Thursday.
A single piece of crime tape is one
of the only markings of Wednesday
night's deadly shooting. It
is pretty horrifying, you know?
No one wants, like a shooter
in their neighborhood.
Johan says he heard the scene unfold
from the moment shots were fired.
5 or so, like loud sounds,
kind of like a gunshot.
It didn't normally sound
like a normal gunshot,
but it was like kind of through my window,
so it was pretty muffled.
So I just kind of discounted it as,
like, kids playing with,
like, fireworks.
And then there was like a delay,
an additional.
Shot or two. But
when first responders flooded the street
he knew the situation was much more serious
than an entire squad of cop cars.
You know, 3 ambulances and a fire
truck just kind of show up and start
taking off canvassing the place.
It was kind of a quite the ordeal.
According to Spokane Police,
three people were shot near
his apt 117 year Old Boy dead
and two young adults injured.
Hopefully the people
were you know like innocent and
not just like some random people.
A part of the. Drive by. It's kind
of scary that it happens so close.
Han has lived on 7th Ave.
for three years. He says a crime
of this magnitude is uncommon.
Hawn and other neighbors say the
area is more prone to loiters
around the park and trail.
Last night Creme 2 spoke to two
friends of one of the victims.
They said the victim called them
moments after he had been shot.
Now we don't know the
identities of those victims,
only the age and gender of the
17 year old boy who was killed.
This is an ongoing investigation
and we will continue to update you
with the latest live in Spokane.
Janelle Finch, Crumpton News,
Janelle, thank you very much.
And we are joined now by gram tube,
Nathan Lyon in Spokane Valley. He's
at the scene of that second deadly
shooting from last night. Nathan.
Mark Whitney we're here near 2nd
in Havana where one man was found
dead inside this home last night.
Now police say that the man didn't
live in the house, but was found
dead with people that knew him.
There was quite a scene on the
corner of 2nd and Havana for most
of last night and into the morning.
People who live in the area say
they woke up to a police car after
police car driving onto the street.
Sounded like a gunshot across the
street and. Sirens going on and all
of a sudden the police show up.
Police arrived at the house around
8:40 PM after they received a call
saying someone was dead inside.
When police arrived, they found a man
laying on the living room floor and
he was pronounced dead on the scene.
Yeah, it's crazy that it happened
right across the street.
Something like this is not surprising,
but pretty shocking. That someone died.
Major Crimes investigated on the
scene for most of the early morning.
They spoke to three people who
were at the scene, but they were
released without charges. I'm
not totally worried for my own safety,
but like I say. It's going to happen.
It's going to happen.
There ain't nothing you can do about it.
One man who did construction at
the house says he was surprised
when he learned someone died.
I worked there.
I've seen people go in and out,
their friends and family.
They're good people.
They just had a, you know,
misfortunate events.
Police say that no arrests have been made,
and it is also unknown if the
shooting had any connection to
the shooting in East Central.
Police say that still this still
remains an active investigation
and anyone with information about
the incident should call crime
check live in Spokane Valley.
Nathan, Gun Crime 2 news.
Alright Nathan, thank you very much.
Of course, we are continuing to follow
both of those situations closely,
but for the very latest just head to
our website ofcoursethatskrem.com.
In the meantime, we want to
turn to our other big story,
which was another sunny day
across the in the northwest.
We certainly were enjoying it.
We want to send it now to our chief
meteorologist, Jeremy Laufer.
Quick look at the forecast.
Check this out.
How beautiful is this evening over lake.
Corda lane. Absolutely gorgeous.
The lack of wind.
The water's looking fine,
but keep in mind it's still
rather cold right now.
Cordalane, the air temp sits at 37 degrees,
39 in Spokane, 36 up in Deer Park.
Moses Lake was in the 50s but quickly
dipping back down into the low 40s.
Forty 2IN Ritzville and still near
40 down across much of the police.
Overnight we fall back down below freezing,
widespread, so just get ready for
another cool morning tomorrow.
But tomorrow morning's cool start
to the day comes with the chance
of a little bit of moisture.
Is it rain? Is it groppo? Is it snow?
It's likely all of the above.
I think the rain is kind of South
Central Washington here in Spokane.
I think we're right on the edge of it.
You might wake up to a little bit of light.
Grapple light is the big keyword here.
It's one of those ones where
there's not much moisture,
there's not much energy.
What moves through is going to do so
quickly and then fizzle out as fast
as it does by tomorrow afternoon.
Might see a little bit of sunshine as
temperatures once again climb into the
40s tomorrow afternoon and this afternoon.
They look pretty similar in ways
of cloud cover and temperatures.
Saturday winds up a little bit cooler
after the passage of that front,
and then Sunday temperatures
climb into the low 40s once again.
So All in all, not looking too bad,
but a system moving in early next
week is likely going to drop our
temperatures back down a little bit
lower than normal or near normal,
which means cooler than where they've been,
and bring us another couple
of chances of moisture.
I'll walk you through that
coming up in the full forecast.
Sounds good, Jeremy.
Thank you very much.
This week we have been reporting
on the history of Brian Koberger,
the man accused of killing four
University of Idaho students in Moscow.
ID.
Last year,
investigator Chris Ingles with our
sister station in Seattle went to
Koberger's hometown in Pennsylvania
as he digs into this story.
So here is a preview of that story
that will air on KREM 2 News at 6.
Tonight, we talked to friends and
former classmates to piece together
the history of the suspect charged
in the Idaho College murders case.
I looked it up.
I typed, you know, Idaho murderers.
And then, like, holy crap, that's Brian.
You know, that's that's right.
I know, I know Brian,
you know, that's wild to me.
This Pennsylvania man has been friends
with Coburger since the 8th grade.
How did he get started in drugs?
He got in drugs via an acquaintance of his.
It was, it was definitely heroin.
It was pretty darn.
He reveals the ups and downs
of Brian Koberger's life,
and we'll talk to a college student
who says he saw another side to the
criminology student turned accused murder.
Very intense stare.
I remember that.
I'll never forget that.
Of. Looking right into my soul, almost.
You know, as we were having this back
and forth, did friends or classmates see
signs of trouble ahead for Brian Koberger,
I'm Chris Engles in Bethlehem, PA.
So again, you can
watch the full investigation into
the life of that suspect coming up
tonight on Crime 2 news at 6 in
other big stories at this hour,
Russell Wilson's Foundation, why not you?
Is defending its practices after a USA
TODAY investigation questioned the amount
of money it actually gives to charity.
USA TODAY reports federal tax returns show
the foundation spent nearly $600,000,
or just 24 cents of every dollar,
on charitable activities in the
years of 2020 and 2021 combined.
Nearly double as much as 1.1 million
on salaries and employee benefits.
It also points to more than $200,000
in a salary for one executive who also
worked for Sierra and Russell Wilson's
family office in an online statement,
the foundation says since it
was founded in 2014,
we have successfully partnered to deliver
over over $13 million benefiting education,
pediatric Cancer Research
and hunger prevention.
Today, the Washington State Supreme
Court is reviewing an appeal.
Of a temporary restraining order
against billions of dollars in dividend
payouts to Albertsons investors,
Albertsons is set to merge with Kroger.
A temporary restraining order prohibiting
the payout was lifted about two weeks ago.
Washington Attorney General Bob
Ferguson filed a lawsuit in an
effort to delay the payments,
but was not successful.
Well, the state of Washington has the
highest excise tax on cannabis products
in the continental United States.
Will now some lawmakers want
to make that even higher?
Currently,
consumers pay 37% of the selling price.
In taxes on each cannabis product they buy,
but a new bill would grow that
excise tax on products up to 65%,
depending on the THC potency.
Dispensary owners worry that
more expensive weed will drive
consumers back to the black market.
You can only pay so much,
and the cheaper option is going
to be out on the street where
it isn't tested or regulated.
The bill would also put an age
limit of 25 years old to buy
high potency THC products,
unless it's for medical purposes.
Taking a look at Northwest.
News tonight the state of Idaho is looking
to cut its wolf population by half.
They say it's because of the
wolves predatory nature that is
bringing them into conflict with
the state's livestock industry.
Data shows wolves killed nearly
300 livestock from July 1st
of 2021 to June 31st of 2022.
Since 2014, Wolves have
killed nearly 1300 livestock.
We just want to bring those wolf
populations in balance to reduce
livestock depredations and also
be able to recover some of our
elk herds where they're down.
Wildlife activists, though,
say that plan goes too far.
They're now advocating for non
lethal management strategies,
having livestock guardian
dogs range riding, and having
devices that emit light or noise.
If Idaho is willing to invest in
that instead of just spending
millions of dollars killing wolves,
we could see livestock
losses drop down to near 0.
Currently, there is no limit to how
many wolves, hunters and trappers
can legally kill with a permit.