domestic violence

MOUNT VERNON (AP) — A Skagit County sheriff's deputy charged with domestic violence has been fired. The Skagit Valley Herald reports that 34-year-old Russell Whitmore was terminated Monday after an internal investigation into his conduct...

TRI-CITIES (AP) — A Washington state woman has been charged with poisoning her estranged husband with pesticide. The Tri-City Herald reports that 41-year-old Chelsea Schmitt of Pasco faces several charges, including malicious mischief and residential burglary with domestic violence...

MILTON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say an officer fatally shot a man after the man shot and killed a woman south of Seattle. Puyallup police Cpt. Scott Engle says officers responded to an apartment building in Milton Monday afternoon on reports of a domestic violence incident in the parking lot...

FEDERAL WAY (AP) — Authorities in western Washington state say police shot and killed a 21-year-old man who approached them with a knife at a mobile home park on Saturday night. Authorities say police responded to the Camelot Square mobile home park in Federal Way at about 5:40 p...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane County Prosecutor's Office says the police shooting of a 32-year-old man in May was justified. The prosecutor's office says no officers will be charged in the wounding of Aaron Johnson at the West Wynn Motel...

MATTAWA, Wash. (AP) — A 33-year-old Mattawa man is in jail after violating a protection order, pointing a "zip gun" at his sister and threatening to shoot her. The Grant County Sheriff's Office responded to a call on Monday afternoon about a man who violated a protection order...

Robin Givens was in Yakima Monday, delivering a message of hope for women caught in violent domestic relationships. Givens spoke at the 22nd annual YWCA Leadership Luncheon at the Yakima Convention Center about her life before and after her abusive relationship with former boxer Mike Tyson...