They've been working to bring you more
answers on an officer involved shooting
that took place late last night.
We have team coverage this evening on
what police and witnesses say happened
that led up to the deadly shooting.
Here's what we know from Spokane Police.
The situation began to unfold around 6:00
o'clock last night when they were called
by a neighbor to serve an anti harassment
order on the man who was later shot.
Officers weren't able to
serve the order at that time.
A few hours later,
around 10:00 o'clock,
the person called Back again saying
their neighbor was in their yard.
With a AR15 style gun,
several Spokane Police officers responded.
Here's what officials say happened next.
At some point, shots were exchanged
and the subject was struck by at least
two officers who fired their weapons.
First aid was immediately rendered to the
the subject and he was transported to the
hospital for treatment for his injuries.
Spokane Police say the man died
from his injuries at the hospital.
Chief Idell says they also
found a gun near the man.
A Spokane Police officers who shot at the
man are now under administrative leave,
which are the normal next steps
in this type of situation.
Now, Spokane Police have not released the
name of the man officer shot and killed,
but his girlfriend reached out
to KREM 2 news this morning.
She says the man's name was
Robert Bradley crews.
Nicole Hernandez begins our team coverage
tonight with an exclusive interview.
Roberts girlfriend shared photos
and videos of the moments.
24 during and after police
fired their weapons.
This is Robert Bradley and his girlfriend,
Sarah McLaughlin. He was 41 years old.
They were finishing up a busy weekend of
camping and enjoying downtown Spokane.
We had just gotten back from pig
out in the park. We were camping,
so he was bringing the vans,
the guns inside from the van.
That's when Sarah says Spokane
Police came down the street
and he's digging through there
looking for something and.
He sits up, hands empty.
Before he even like,
has time to put his hands up.
He's dodging bullets. SPD
says two Spokane Police
officers fired the shots.
But let's back up and compare Sarah story
to the pictures and video we have gathered.
Here's the Van Sarah and Robert took
camping in North Idaho this past weekend.
You can see that same van here in the
couple's home security system video.
This is just after 10:00 o'clock last night.
You can see Robert walk out of the house,
unlock the van, then open the door.
As Sarah mentioned, he seems to stand
at the passenger door for the next one.
Minute and 15 seconds.
At one minute and 24 seconds into the video,
you see one. To.
Three Spokane Police officers enter the
screen just five seconds after that.
You see the first few shots flash,
then another round just seconds after that.
They didn't give any time to react at all.
Spokane Police say they acted
quickly because they had received a
report from a neighbor that Robert
was outside with an AR15 style gun.
No, he wasn't just wandering
around with a gun in his hand,
he was just loading stuff in
and out like you do after
your camping trip, you know?
Sarah says. The person who called
police is their next door neighbor
leading up to this. With.
Property line dispute
Sarah says he had left this note,
threatening to tow away and trash
anything over his property line.
She says both Robert and the
neighbor started the process
of anti harassment orders.
Nobody was threatened. There was
no reason for anybody to get hurt.
Now Robert's family is left with frustration.
He didn't even have time to put
his hands up before they shot him.
There were kids in the house,
dogs in the house, me at the
front door with bullets just
flying everywhere for no reason.
In Spokane, Nicole Hernandez Crum, 2 news.
Nicole, thank you so much.
And we also continue our team
coverage of the shooting tonight.
You just saw the video.
What happened?
Cream 2's Kyle Senchuk joining
us now in The Newsroom,
breaking down what you could hear,
caught on a neighbor's security camera
on this. Neighbor told me she supports
law enforcement and is pro police.
But after listening to what her
security cameras picked up last night,
she has a lot of questions and
believes her neighbor had no time
to understand what was happening,
let alone put his hands in the air.
In this video, you can't see the shooting.
It happens off to the left,
but you can hear officers yell
Spokane Police and ask the man
to put his hands in the air.
He shot less than three seconds after.
Stop.
They kind of walked up on him in the
dark and started screaming at him,
so I'm sure they scared the crap out of him.
Amber Moore shared her video
with KREM 2 and believes her
neighbor had no time to react.
They didn't give him a chance to
do anything at all. It was it was
show us your hands, pop, pop, pop.
They should have given him a chance.
I mean, he's not somebody that have
pulled a gun on the police. He's not.
He has his own business. He's a he works.
He takes care of his family.
Spokane
Police say the neighbor who called
911 said the man was outside with an
AR15 style rifle, as we reported.
The man's girlfriend.
As he was just clearing out their
van after a weekend of camping,
police say they did observe at
least one long gun near the man.
Stop.
Bad people are around,
especially in this neighborhood,
but but Robert wasn't one of them,
and he might have been a
little crazy sometimes,
but nobody deserves that for unpacking
their van or for having beef with the
neighbor that that just moved in.
And we still don't know what officers
themselves saw leading up to the shooting,
but SPD says they were wearing body cameras.
It's unclear if those were activated
at the time in The Newsroom.
Cal Simcha KREM, 2 news.