Good evening and thank you for
joining us for CREM 2 News 10 a,
where we give you more news in less time.
I'm Amanda Rowley.
Mark is off tonight.
Let's get started.
In less than 24 hours,
the man suspected of killing for University
of Idaho students is expected back in court.
The focus of the hearing is to
discuss pausing proceedings
against Brian Coburger so he can
challenge his grand jury indict.
A Coburger is asking for all
documents from the grand jury tt
indicted him and time to review them.
The state argues he is only entd
to an audio recording or transct
of the grand jury proceedings.
A judge will make that decision
at tomorrow's hearing.
It starts at 1:30 PM at the
Latag County Courthouse.
Crim, too,
will have a crew there in the courtroom.
And another update on this case.
Just a few hours ago,
we confirmed the Latak County
prosecutor will seek the death penalty
for Coburger if he is found gui.
This comes more than a month
since a grand jury formally
indicted the suspect in new.
Tonight,
we're learning Spokane Police
responded to a shooting at Frann
Park early Saturday morning.
According to police,
a group of people got into a fight and
that's when some someone fired a gun.
The group of people at the scend
already left the area when police arrived.
SPD says the few people still at
the scene were not cooperative.
Police did not find any victims,
but they did find a shell casin.
And in the last hour,
Spokane City Council members
passed an ordinance that cracks
down on violating City Park hou.
The amendment would mean a misdemeanor
instead of a civil infraction fr
being in the park after hours.
Crump choose Kyle Simchuk joinss
now to break down the outcome ad
explain why city law enforcement
say and and change is needed.
Tonight in a four to three vote,
Spokane City Council members passed an
ordinance which increases the penalty
for trespassing in parks after hours.
That penalty now jumps from a
civil infraction to a misdemean.
All neighborhood parks are closed from
11:00 PM to 5:00 AM except Riverfront Park,
which closes an hour later.
Spokane Police say they've seen
a significant increase in crime
and vandalism across city parks.
According to SPD data,
between January 2021 and March of this year,
there were 29 shootings in
22 different city parks
If I lived across the street frm
Franklin Park right now. I would
put my house for sale and I woud
leave and it's the same for somf
these other parks because whethr
you want to believe it or not,
it is out of control and if we n
give our officers one more tool.
And maybe if a call comes in ann
officer can approach that perso,
maybe that those officers can sp
that shooting before it happens.
Dozens of people spoke out agait
the ordinance during public com,
saying the law unfairly targets the homeless.
Council members Zapone begs,
and Wilkerson voted against the ordinance.
They do not believe it'll incree
safety and could put the city
in legal jeopardy in Spokane.
Kyle Simchuk, Kremtu News.
Shifting gears to weather,
with everything going on this weekend,
we sure look lucked out weather wise.
Let's check in with Chief Meteorologist
Jeremy Lagu to find out if our k
is going to continue this week.
Jeremy, what are the dice say?
Oh, they say we get a bit of everything
as long as everything is heat.
All right, well, we get heat ane
get a bit of a break from some of that
heat when it comes to afternoon storms.
And that's really about it,
72 degrees right now. I don't k.
The last time I talked to you wI
said it was 72 degrees at 10:00 o'clock,
it is that kind of hot outside,
a few of those storms kind of tapering off.
All in all, not much going on ie
radar and that remains the case.
We might see a little bit of sty
shower activity early tomorrow morning.
I don't think it's nearly that widespread.
We just don't quite have the dynamics to do.
So. What we do has is enough atmospheric
energy will say that we could get around
of scattered thunderstorms tomo.
Most of those stay off to the nh
and up in the mountains of North
Idaho for the most part.
Part we miss out on a good chunk of it.
Similar to today,
somewhere around Spokane we'll see one.
But once again,
most of us don't get it 82 degrees because
of some of that cloud cover in those storms.
83 on Wednesday.
But once we get rid of the stor,
it's heat and a lot of it.
90 Thursday and it's only
getting hotter from there.
All right. Caught on camera
harrowing rescue in Santiago, C.
You can see emergency responders
saved two people and their dog
from strong flood currents.
Now the flood came on quickly with massive
downpour triggering the river to overflow.
City officials say this is the t
weather they've ever seen in a decade.
And now to night beat with a quk
look at the day's top stories,
Spokane Police arrested a Lincoln County man
following the death of a 5 month old baby.
That was in the hospital for wes
and we just learned last week d.
Now the Lincoln County Sheriff's
Office says staff at Sacred Heat
Hospital here in Spokane noticed
suspicious injuries on the infa.
Investigators are awaiting
the autopsy report,
but they say the injuries were
consistent with shaken baby syndrome.
Deputies booked 29 year old Jordan Mills,
J, into the Lincoln County Jail
for murder in the second degree.
Now his relationship to that int
or what led to his arrest is not
known At this hour and new toni,
proof that Idaho's Project Safe
Neighborhoods initiative is wor,
US Attorney Josh Hurwit with the
District of Idaho announced 8 pe
pleaded guilty to or were sented
this week in federal court for firearm
offenses and drug trafficking.
The initiative is an evidence bd
program in the US Attorney's Office says
this shows it's proving to be effective.
Plus Airway Heights Police are searching
for the man responsible for the fire at a
Napa Auto parts store Saturday morning.
Police believe the fire started
when the suspect tried to steal
gas from one of the vehicles.
The suspect rolled out from the from under
the vehicle and left after the fire began.
As police continue searching
for the suspect tonight,
they say they may have suffered burns
and could seek medical attentio.
And that was your night beat.
To learn more about any of these stories,
just text us the word NIGHT
to five O 94482 thousand.
We'll send them right to your p.
Well,
last night several people came
together in Spokane Valley to
remember the Gorge shooting vic.
It's been more than a week since two people
were killed and three others were injured,
including the shooting suspect.
A small crowd gathered at Marabou Point Park,
holding small candles and making
bracelets with the names of the victims.
Now Vigil Co organizer Shelby Major says
that she was at the gorge inside
festival when the shooting happ.
Being together,
and I know,
like being with other people and being able
to share your experiences helps people heal.
And not everybody has that safe space
at home or like the family and friends
to be able to process through i.
So I thought it was good to
provide that space.
The suspect,
James Kelly,
appeared in court last week in Grant County.
He faces two counts of firstdegree murder,
2 counts of firstdegree assault and one count
of firstdegree assault domestic violence.
And one of the Gorge shooting victims,
excuse me, Lily Luke Siege,
who is still hospitalized,
released a statement.
She said in part.
The past 10 days have been overwhelming,
as you can imagine.
What happened to me and the othr
victims was an unthinkable trag.
My deepest sympathies go out toe
other victims and their families
and friends who have been affec.
I am still processing it all
and it will be for a long time.
Coming up at 10:15,
we'll hear from the for the firt
time from someone who knew the o
women killed last weekend and w,
She says Brandy and Jocelyn
left a mark in the world.
Turning now to Northwest News,
three people overdosed at a senr
living facility in Western Washington,
and tonight investigators are
trying to figure out what happe.
Emergency responders arrived tod
three people overdosing in one .
The three people include one
woman in her 60s,
a man in his 50s and another won
whose age has not yet been rele.
The man was released from the hospital,
but the two women remain
in critical condition.
I'm
seeing it through all walks for life,
you know, from teenagers all the way up,
you know, And the fentanyl
is so bad, you know it's.
I see a ball ages
Medics at the scene provided lifesaving care,
including administering Narcan.
Now on to a developing story he.
Spokane City Administrator Johny
Perkins is under investigation tonight.
Perkins is on administrative leave due
to employee concerns, but we stl
don't know what those concerns .
Now, this isn't the first time
he's been under investigation.
When he first took office in 20,
an employee accused Perkins of treating
him differently because he's bl.
That investigation found no
evidence of racial discriminati.
Before that,
Perkins took over a controversial land
development project in San Dieg.
Our San Diego sister station reports the
city knew the building had prob,
and it sits vacant tonight.
This is a developing story,
and we're still working to track
down the exact reason Perkins is
under investigation this time around.
A proposal to eliminate Spokanes
parking requirements for new
housing construction in the
downtown core was just introducd
to Spokane City Council tonight.
Right now, if a new triplex was built,
a minimum 3 parking spots would
have to be added as well.
This ordinance would do
away with that requirement,
which makes construction cheape,
and a study has shown that
the cost of development can
increase by up to 15%.
That is then passed on
to owners and renters.
That could be about 20 to
$45,000 per unit or per house.
The proposal could be getting a final vote
from City Council as early as mid-july.