SUBJECT: Violent Domestic - Shooting 

Date: December 18, 2007

On December 17, 2007 at approximately 6:15 P.M. the Post Falls Police Department responded to the report of a violent domestic dispute at the Ross Point Apartments off of 2nd Avenue, it was reported that a weapon was involved. While responding, witness reported hearing a fight going on inside the apartment and screaming coming from within the area. Moments later it was reported that shots were fired from the apartment.

Once on scene, officers found a distraught female and her children standing in the street, upon further investigation a male was discovered lying on the front porch of the apartment. He apparently suffered a self inflicted gun shot wound to the head and was pronounced deceased upon arrival.

The female reported that the male was her estranged husband, they had been divorced for several months and he was no longer living at the apartment. 

It appears that the male, who had threatened suicide earlier in the day, entered the apartment in a rage. As the female attempted to call 911 he forcefully removed the phone from her. While inside the apartment, the male attempted to fire the gun but the gun did not fire due to the handgun jamming. The female, her children and a friend who was visiting, were able to run out of the residence while the male was attempting to clear the jammed weapon. Within seconds of fleeing the residence the female reported hearing a single gun shot.

The scene was secured and Post Falls Police Detectives are currently investigating the incident.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Lt. Knight 773-3517

AUTHOR: Lt. Pat Knight