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A Yakima man was arrested on Friday on an assault charge for what police say was a road rage incident.

Ladwig was able to reach for a .40 caliber pistol and shoot the animal just before he reached him.

BELFAIR, Wash. (AP) — A Mason County man has been charged with first-degree murder after he fatally shot a man Saturday who was in a shower on his property. Multiple news outlets report that 59-year-old Bruce Fanning of Belfair was charged Wednesday in the death of 31-year-old Nathaniel Rosa of Bothell...

VANCOUVER (AP) — Authorities say a Vancouver woman fatally shot herself after waving a handgun at detectives as they served a search warrant at her home in an alleged elder abuse case. Vancouver Police said in a news release that when detectives arrived Tuesday afternoon, they entered an apartment with the search warrant after no one answered the door...

EVERETT (AP) — A convicted sex offender is accused of attacking a woman at her Silver Lake-area home and sexually assaulting her. The Everett Daily Herald reports that Daniel Miltenberger of Everett was booked late Thursday into the Snohomish County Jail...

SEATTLE (AP) — Detectives have confirmed that the man accused of shooting and killing five people in a mall north of Seattle tried unsuccessfully to buy a handgun just hours before the slayings. Washington State Patrol Sgt. Mark Francis says members of the Skagit County Multi-Agency Response Team identified 20-year-old Arcan Cetin Wednesday as the man on surveillance video footage recorded by the

NEW YORK (AP) — Police across the country are warning about the dangers of a cellphone case that's shaped like a handgun, saying it could be mistaken for the real thing. Amazon.com tells The New York Times that the item is no longer listed on its site...

Yakima Police Officers responded to the VFW for an armed robbery involving two suspects just occurred.  The victim employee was opening up and preparing for the day when he heard a knock at the back door. Believing it was another employee the victim opened the door and was forced back inside by two white male suspects...

A 31-year-old man was seriously injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the Safeway parking lot on 5th Avenue. Yakima Police say the incident started as an argument about a cell phone. The suspect drew a handgun during the conversation and shot the victim twice...