Updated: 11:54 AM PDT June 1, 2021
CHEWELAH, Wash. Chewelah police shot a suspect after a short standoff at an apartment building on Sunday, May 30.
Officers from the Chewelah Police Department and Stevens County Sheriff s deputies responded to a 911 call about an armed man firing a weapon at the Chewelah Manor Apartments at about 7:10 p.m. on Sunday, according to a press release from Washington State Patrol Trooper Jeff Sevigney. After a short standoff, one officer from Chewelah PD and a deputy from the sheriff s office shot the suspect.
The suspect, 59-year-old John Casey, was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, and was then booked into the Stevens County Jail for domestic violence assault and burglary.
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