Two teenagers killed in under two months in Spokane Valley

Law enforcement and violence prevention groups worry about steep rise in shootings.
Author: Morgan Trau (KREM)
Updated: 7:13 PM PDT April 1, 2021
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Preston Grzogorek,15, and Owar Opiew,16, were both underclassmen in high school, both loved being with their families and both were shot and killed within two months of each other. They died in Spokane Valley, only 15 minutes away from each other.  
Gang and gun violence in Spokane County are occurring more often than usual, according to local law enforcement. Just weeks after the Sheriff's Office and the Spokane Police Department held a join press conference on curbing the number of shootings, another teen was killed.

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