Hi everyone and welcome
to Crypto News at noon.
It is good to see you on Laura Papetti
and we begin with this a developing
news overnight Spokane County
sheriff's responded to a shooting in
Spokane Valley happened on East 2nd
just before 9:00 o'clock last night.
And now just minutes ago we
received an update from the
Spokane County Sheriff's Office.
According to the press release
they sent us here at Clem 2.
Deputies received a report of a
shooting at a home on East 2nd Ave.
right near Havana.
The caller said the shooting happened.
Two hours prior to the call and that
someone was dead inside the home.
Then upon arrival,
deputies say they forced their way
into the home to find a man dead on
the living room floor and initial
information indicates the victim
did not live at the home but was
indeed known to those living there.
At this point,
no arrests have been made and the
victim's name has yet to be released.
And then we are following this
another developing story overnight.
Right now there is an urgent
search for someone who shot and
killed someone in East Central.
Please say the drive.
Ice shooting injured at least
two other people.
Right now Spokane Police are looking
for a light blue Honda Odyssey.
You're taking a look here at this one.
The license plate is a SH 3415.
So it's this car that police are
believing is connected to the crime.
And if you do see this car,
call police.
They say the driver could be
armed and dangerous.
Last night our crews on the scene
spoke with two people who say they
are friends with one of the victims
I get a call from.
My other buddy, he's freaking out.
He's all yeah, I just got shot.
You guys need to hurry up,
get down here. Alright.
Yeah, he was freaking out.
So we just jammed down here as
fast as we could and got here
and cops were already here.
Only information we got
from him that he was shot,
he needed help,
got his location right here.
The
Spokane Police Department has not released
the names of the victims at this point,
but anyone with information on the shooting
is asked to call crime check at this time.
It is unknown if both of
these shootings are connected,
but we are certainly tracking the
very latest and we'll have more
on the investigations coming up
on KREM 2 News first, Step 4.
2 minutes past noon right
now and the sun is shining.
Meteorologist Thomas Patrick is live in
the creme do outdoor weather center with
what we can expand expect as we slowly,
slowly crawl towards the weekend.
Yeah, and more of the same.
Laura and I know that yesterday hopefully you
got a chance to see all those blue skies,
but we got that overhead once
again today with just an extra
layer of some mid level clouds.
Basically directly above my head
we have some Alto cumulus clouds.
They're about 9000 feet in the air
and they're a little bit puffy,
but it is filtering.
Some of that sunshine just outside that
still very crystal blue skies out there.
You can actually see that in the camera
shot out at Riverfront Park as well.
You can see the blue kind of on the horizon,
but there is a little bit of
cloud cover that is overhead.
Not stopping that sunshine though as we're
approaching 40 degrees as of this noon hour,
little bit again of those mostly mid
level clouds just kind of trickling
in through northern Washington and
a bit through the Spokane area.
Any rain that you see out here in
Western Washington going to stay
out there in Western Washington.
So perhaps early tomorrow morning,
but As for the rest of the day?
Over filtered sunshine out there.
Temperatures easily in the mid 40s today.
It feels really nice to get outside,
get a walk, probably take the dog out
for an extended walk forward today.
Great weather for that,
and then mostly clear once again for tonight
with temperatures sliding down into the 30s.
Now for first thing tomorrow morning,
we could be tracking not only some rain,
but perhaps some snow or groppel
once again in the forecast.
So we'll show you the likelihood of this
for Friday morning's weather and any more
small rain chances that we might have.
For the course of this weekend,
so we'll have all that coming
up in a couple of minutes.
Happening
today, the Washington State Supreme
Court will review an appeal to 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 just about two weeks ago,
and today S Southwest Airlines
will be grilled before Congress.
The airlines Chief operating officer
will testify on the December
meltdown that Council nearly 17,000
flights and stranded 2,000,000.
Passengers Southwest says it's
making improvements to better prepare
for these kinds of situations,
and the debacle certainly cost the
airlines about an estimated $825 million.
the US Coast Guard suspended the search
for Washington man who went missing at sea.
Byron Fitch was working on the
crabbing boat when it sank.
No word on what caused the boat to go
down to other people on board were rescued.
And the Spokane former Spokane rather
county employee pled guilty for
failing to file federal tax returns.
5054 year old Rhonda Ackerman
could face a year in prison,
$100,000 fine followed by one
year of supervised release.
Last month Ackerman was convicted
in a separate case for stealing more
than $1,000,000 from public funds.
That's a look at your stories
for Northwest News.
Let's take a look at this
story coming in from Idaho.
They are looking to cut its
wolf population in half.
Data showing wolves kill nearly
300 livestock from July 1st
of 2021 to June 31st of 2022,
and 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, however,
say the plan goes too far.
They are 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 on how
many wolves people with a hunting
and trapping license can kill.
A sad number to report this afternoon,
20,000. That is the number of people
now killed by the massive earthquake
that hit both Turkey and Syria.
Rescuers from more than two dozen
countries continue to search for survivors
in the rubble of collapsed buildings.
International aid is setting
up in remote parts of Turkey,
and the White House says the US has
sent more than 150 people on search
and rescue teams to that area.
The American military stationed
in Europe is also now.
On ground.
The Turkish president is acknowledging the
shortcomings in his government's initial
response but say say there really is no
preparing for a disaster of this size,
and aid for Syria is hampered by the
ongoing civil war in the country,
which will soon enter into its 12th year.
The only Rd. the UN authorized to
carry supplies has been ripped apart
by the earthquake, and as rescue
efforts enter into its fourth day,
experts say the window for finding
any survivors is closing fast.
And again, people from all over the
world are sending aid to the region,
including right here in Washington state.
A woman from Wenatchee is now heading
to Turkey, hoping to help out.
Jamie Smith works with the
nonprofit Impact Northwest,
which specializes in urban search and rescue.
She is one of two volunteers
from the organization who is
now on their way to Turkey.
Smith is a nurse with 16 years of experience,
which she hopes to use to give medical
care to those impacted by the quake.
Smith and her partner
will also lay the ground.
Work in Turkey for future medical
and relief teams that are expected
to arrive in the coming weeks.
You hear of a disaster like that,
your heart just goes out to the community
and to the people and just what everybody
must be going through at that time.
So just, I can't imagine that, you know,
was here, you'd want someone to come
up and help your family and friends.
And so just whatever we can do to help.
And Smith says she'll be in Turkey
for about 10 days in hopes she
can indeed make a difference.
She says her life's mission
is to help people in need,
no matter where they are located.