homicide

Yakima County Sheriff’s Deputies along with Wapato Police and Yakama Nation officers responded to the 100 block of Winaway road at about 6:00 p.m. Thursday for a shooting.

According to the initial report, the victim was unresponsive, not breathing and CPR was in progress. YPD officers also responded, and rescuers discovered that the man had suffered a stab wound to the chest.

Police say the man was found dead of a gunshot wound at about 3:40 p.m. Thursday.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled Monday in a civil lawsuit filed against Spokane County and two sheriff's deputies in connection with the death of a man in 2013. The Spokesman-Review reports that the family of Will Berger is suing in federal court seeking to hold the deputies civilly responsible for excessive force resulting in Berger's death...

Yakima Police are investigating the Friday night shooting death of a 33-year-old man -- the ninth homicide reported in the city this year. According to Saturday news release prepared by Capt. Jeff Schneider, officers received a report of shots fired near West Peach Street and Cornell Avenue at about 10:40 p ...

TACOMA (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after accidentally shooting himself at a transient camp in Washington state. The News Tribune reports that the man, who has not yet been identified, died Saturday. Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer says deputies had initially investigated the man's death as a homicide because he was shot and no gun was found at the Spanaway campsite

A 28-year-old Yakima man is dead after a Saturday night shooting on East Spruce Street, the Yakima Police Department reported this morning (Feb. 12). Officers say Eddie Abrams was on the ground and not breathing when they arrived in the 800 block of East Spruce after reports of shots being fired at about 9 p ...

SAMMAMISH (AP) — Bail has been set at $1 million for a woman arrested in connection with the death of a man in a car prowling incident in a Seattle suburb. The Seattle Times reports 23-year-old Ka'Deidre Rials was ordered held Monday on investigation of vehicular homicide and identity theft...

WAPATO (AP) — Law enforcement officers are investigating a homicide that occurred near Wapato in the Yakima Valley. The Yakima County Coroner's office says the victim is identified only as a Native American male who died from a single gunshot wound...

KENNEWICK (AP) — Authorities say a 69-year-old woman reportedly abducted for ransom in the Tri-Cities has been found dead — two days after police agreed to pay the money and arrested someone they said was involved. The Benton County Sheriff's Office says the body of Sandra Harris was found by a motorist midday Sunday along Coffin Road, two miles east of Interstate 82. The sheriff's office said it'