Police Department

SPD investigating homicide that happened Sunday morning

Julie Humphreys Public Safety Communication Manager

Monday, July 22, 2024 at 2:10 p.m.

UPDATE:  

Detectives with SPD’s Major Crimes Unit have developed probable cause to arrest a suspect in a homicide on July 21^st in a house on Hamilton St. Travis R. Johnson (41) is charged with 2^nd Degree Murder in the death of a female at the home. Johnson is currently in the Kootenai County Jail on unrelated charges. Major Crimes is working with the Spokane County Prosecutors Office on extradition proceedings to bring Johnson to Spokane County to face the murder charge.

 

Original Release 7/22/2024

On 7/21/24 at around 7:30am, police were called to a house in the 2500 block of N. Hamilton on a call of gunshots heard. As officers were enroute, another caller stated he had located a deceased person in the house. Responding officers arrived and secured the scene, located the deceased female, and talked to witnesses. The Major Crimes Unit responded and determined the death was indeed a homicide. SPD is in the early stage of the investigation and asks that anyone who may know something about the incident to call Crime Check at 509-456-2233 reference case# 2024-20145720. At the time of this writing, no suspects have been arrested.

The name of the victim and the cause of death will be released by the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office at a later date.

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