Vehicle theft leads to shot suspect

SPOKANE COUNTY – Spokane County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Detectives are investigating a shooting tied to a vehicle theft on Dec. 13.

At around 8:40 p.m., deputies responded to a reported stolen Jeep near West Charles Road and North Dover Road. The armed Jeep owner began chasing the suspect in another vehicle. Minutes later, gunshots were reported near West Four Mount Road, east of North Landt Farms Lane.

The owner told deputies he shot at the suspect, who abandoned the Jeep in a ditch. Blood was found inside the vehicle, but the suspect had already fled on foot.

Deputies and officers from Airway...