SPOKANE VALLEY -- Family members of a killed Spokane Valley pastor are demanding answers as to why he was shot by a Spokane Valley Police officer.
KREM 2 News cameras were rolling early Thursday morning as two of the sons of Scott Creach shouted their frustrations at a Spokane County Sheriff's deputy.
Creach, 74, was sleeping inside his home on the 14,000 block of East 4th Avenue, when he thought he heard a burglar. Family members say he grabbed his gun, and went outside to investigate. Creach lives next door to his business, The Plant Farm, a local nursery.
Officers say a Spokane Valley Police officer was responding to a call for increased patrols in the area. Officers say there was some sort of confrontation between Creach and the officer in The Plant Farm parking lot, and Creach was shot in the chest. He died on scene.
Shortly after investigators arrived on scene of the officer-involved shooting, KREM 2 News cameras captured a heated discussion between two of Creach's family members and a Spokane County Sheriff's deputy.
One man, apparently Creach's son, shouted, "My father got out of his bed responded to what he thought was a burglar and took a gun with him. he challenged that vehicle in his parking lot and subsequently a deputy sheriff shot him and killed him!"
The men demanded answers from deputies, and claimed they weren't getting any.
KREM 2 News also heard one man shout, "You can't even tell the woman her husband is dead, you don't call emergency personnel for him, he lays there in the parking lot while he's dying, it's ridiculous!"
Officers say the police officer was in an unmarked vehicle, but he was wearing a standard uniform.
The officer has not been identified and was placed on paid administrative leave.
