SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane police have identified some of the suspects arrested in a SWAT standoff on the lower South Hill on Wednesday evening.
KREM's Casey Decker was on the scene and said that SWAT members were executing a warrant on a house near 5th Avenue and Ray Street on Wednesday evening.
The police first received calls as early as 6:00 a.m. Wednesday with reports of gunfire and vehicle collisions near the 3200 block of 5th Avenue, according to Spokane Police Sgt. Terry Preuninger.
An hour later the police received a call from a local hospital, relaying that they had recently checked in a patient who had suffered a gunshot wound, he said.
Police said some of the individuals inside the house were apprehensive to come out when they first served the warrant, Preuninger said. While executing the warrant, a short standoff started with the suspect and others in the home, he said. Three people who exited the home were arrested for warrants unrelated to the shooting call.
Police identified one suspect as 25-year-old Dustin Leonard, who was charged with first degree assault and arrested on a warrant unrelated to the police's search. Preuninger said his warrant was not related to the shooting.
Neighbors said the home in question is a known drug house.
All streets in the area were reopened at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The investigation is ongoing.