UPDATE: Detectives Obtain Warrant for Armed Shooting Suspect – U.S. Marshals Locate and Arrest
Spokane Valley Major Crimes Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect in this shooting, 40-year-old Kevin W. Nichols, an 8-time convicted felon. Detectives, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF), worked to locate and arrest Nichols, who was considered armed and dangerous.
In addition to the information provided below, Nichols threatened the life of the victim/others, stated he would not go back to prison, and that he would be aggressive toward law enforcement if contacted.
Detectives obtained a felony arrest warrant charging Nichols with Assault 2nd Degree w/Deadly Weapon (DV), Drive-by Shooting (DV), Harassment-Threats to Kill (DV), and two counts of Reckless Endangerment.
This afternoon, U.S. Marshals PNVOTF members located Nichols in Airway Heights, Washington, and safely took him into custody with the assistance of Kalispell Tribal Police. He will be transported and booked into the Spokane County Jail soon.
This remains an active investigation and additional charges are possible.
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Release Sent July 31, 2024, at 1:50 pm:
Spokane Valley Deputies and Detectives Investigate Shooting Call
SWAT Serves Search Warrant, Suspect Not Located
Spokane Valley Deputies and Major Crimes Detectives responded to a shooting call and contacted the victim in a parking lot near Sprague and Sullivan. Soon after, the suspect’s vehicle was located, and SWAT assisted with serving a search warrant, but the suspect was not found. The victim and two minor children with her in the car at the time of the shooting were not injured.
This remains an active investigation, and no further information is available for release.
On July 30, 2024, at approximately 9:45 pm, Spokane Valley Deputies responded to a parking lot in the 15600 block of E. Sprague for a reported shooting.
Deputies contacted an adult female victim who was obviously shaken. She sustained minor injuries to her hand, believed to have been caused by flying glass when the suspect shot the driver’s side window of her car. The two minor children, also in the vehicle at the time, were uninjured.
Initial information indicates the adult male suspect approached the victim and her two children, all seated in her vehicle, parked in a lot in the 16400 block of E. Sprague Avenue. He pulled out a pistol and shot at her, striking and shattering the driver’s side window. Both fled the area, the victim in her vehicle and the suspect in a truck.
She drove to the store parking lot and called 911 as the suspect arrived in the truck. The victim moved to a safer location in the front of the store, and the suspect fled the scene.
Deputies located the scene (16400 block of E. Sprague Avenue) where the shooting occurred and recovered a spent pistol casing.
Major Crimes Detectives responded to assist with the investigation.
A short time later, Deputies also located the truck, believed to be used by the suspect, at a residence in the 12400 block of E. Valleyway Avenue and established a perimeter. Due to the seriousness of the crime, coupled with the violent actions and criminal history of the suspect, the SWAT Team and Crisis Negotiators were called to assist, pending a search warrant.
With a valid search warrant and all attempts to contact the suspect unsuccessful, SWAT Team members entered the residence, but the suspect was not located.
Detectives continue working on this investigation; no further information is available for release.
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This Spokane County Sheriff Office news article "UPDATE: Detectives Obtain Warrant for Armed Shooting Suspect - U.S. Marshals Locate and Arrest" was originally found on https://www.spokanecounty.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=7