David.Car
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Hopefully more info will come soon. But no one died.
http://www.kxly.com/global/story.asp?s=10337189
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SPOKANE -- An overnight shooting lands one man in the hospital with multiple gun shot wounds and a normally quiet neighborhood with many unanswered questions.
Police say a Saturday night house party in the 2500 block of W. Courtland got a little heated when one of the party's patrons got in a yelling match with the home's owner and his girlfriend.
Dieter Meyer says he was hosting a barbecue for friends Saturday night when things got out of control.
"One of the people invited a stranger, someone who had never been to the house before," said Meyer.
According to Meyer, the stranger became belligerent, pulled out a knife and threatened Meyer's girlfriend on the front steps of his home. Meyer said he was frightened for both his and his girlfriend's welfare.
Meyer, who holds a concealed weapons permit and always carries his gun, grabbed it and fired several shots at the man.
"I heard three loud bangs," said neighbor Neal Drury. "I ran and looked out the window."
Nearly every house on the block heard the shots.
"It's kind of scary because we live in a quiet, nice neighborhood," said Drury.
Meyer says he's sorry he disrupted the neighborhood, but he's glad he had a gun to defend himself.
"It was self defense," said Meyer. "It probably saved someone's life, it could have very well saved someone's life."
Spokane Police Major Crimes Unit is still investigating the shooting. Police have still not released the name of the victim, they say he is stable condition at a local hospital. "
Hopefully more info will come soon. But no one died.
http://www.kxly.com/global/story.asp?s=10337189
"
SPOKANE -- An overnight shooting lands one man in the hospital with multiple gun shot wounds and a normally quiet neighborhood with many unanswered questions.
Police say a Saturday night house party in the 2500 block of W. Courtland got a little heated when one of the party's patrons got in a yelling match with the home's owner and his girlfriend.
Dieter Meyer says he was hosting a barbecue for friends Saturday night when things got out of control.
"One of the people invited a stranger, someone who had never been to the house before," said Meyer.
According to Meyer, the stranger became belligerent, pulled out a knife and threatened Meyer's girlfriend on the front steps of his home. Meyer said he was frightened for both his and his girlfriend's welfare.
Meyer, who holds a concealed weapons permit and always carries his gun, grabbed it and fired several shots at the man.
"I heard three loud bangs," said neighbor Neal Drury. "I ran and looked out the window."
Nearly every house on the block heard the shots.
"It's kind of scary because we live in a quiet, nice neighborhood," said Drury.
Meyer says he's sorry he disrupted the neighborhood, but he's glad he had a gun to defend himself.
"It was self defense," said Meyer. "It probably saved someone's life, it could have very well saved someone's life."
Spokane Police Major Crimes Unit is still investigating the shooting. Police have still not released the name of the victim, they say he is stable condition at a local hospital. "