Public Safety News Releases for Week of Sunday, January 13, 2019

Jan. 19

Safety Tips for MLK Day Unity March

10:46 a.m. - We want everyone to enjoy a safe MLK Day Unity March. Spokane Police are asking citizens to leave backpacks at home if you are attending the march.

Jan. 18

SPD requesting public assistance locating missing vulnerable adult

5:59 a.m. - 55 year-old David Fender was last seen in the area of 2100 E Mission during the evening hours of January 18th.

Jan. 17

Missing Children Discovered After an Officer Assault

9:32 a.m. - Several Spokane Police Officers were involved in a very violent confrontation on Tuesday night after stopping a male suspected of DUI driving.

Jan. 16

SPD Major Crimes Detectives Investigating a Suspicious Incident

1:58 p.m. - Spokane Police Department Major Crimes Detectives are investigating suspicious circumstances of a man found partially in the river.

Stabbing On Washington Street

1:54 p.m. - SPD Officers were called to 400 S Washington to a report of a stabbing. Officers arrested Tayleeanne J. Guerrero for assaulting someone with scissors.

Jan. 15

Officer Involved Shooting

2:41 p.m. - The name of the SPD officer involved in the Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) from January 7, 2019 in the 600 block of Montgomery is being released.

Malfunctioning gas dryer to blame for fire at Tiki Lodge

12:24 p.m. - Fire investigators say yesterday’s fire at the Tiki Lodge was caused by a malfunctioning commercial natural gas clothes dryer