Two Suspects Arrested for Early Morning Shooting/Robbery Last Month
Spokane County Major Crimes Detectives, investigating an early morning robbery where an adult male was shot, identified and developed probable cause to arrest the two adult male suspects.
With information gained for Real-Time Crime Center Analysts, the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNWVOTF) assisted Major Crimes Detectives in locating the suspects, and both were arrested at separate locations.
We thank our law enforcement partners at the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force and Spokane Police Department for working with the Spokane Valley Police Department and Spokane County Sheriff’s Office personnel to ensure these three convicted felons were safely taken into custody. Additionally, Detectives seized two handguns at the location where Osborne was arrested.
On December 29, 2024, at approximately 8:20 am, Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputies and Spokane Police Officers responded to a reported shooting near W. Houston Road and N. Wright Road.
The adult male victim was transported to the hospital with what appeared to be possible life-threatening wounds. Hospital staff later upgraded the victim’s status to stable condition.
Through the investigation, Major Crimes Detectives identified the two suspects as 36-year-old Michael W. Rosslow and 38-year-old Jesse J. Osborne.
Initial information indicates the victim knew the suspects and that this was an armed robbery that resulted in the victim being shot.
Detectives also learned Rosslow is a ten-time convicted felon, including Robbery 2nd Degree, and that Osborne is an eighteen-time convicted felon, including the serious offense of Child Rape 1st Degree. As convicted felons, Rosslow and Osborne are prohibited from legally possessing firearms.
Major Crimes Detectives developed probable cause to charge Rosslow and Osborne with Assault 1st Degree and Robbery 1st Degree.
On January 17, 2025, the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force located Osborne at a residence in the 1200 block of E. Nora Avenue and with the assistance of Major Crimes Detectives, Spokane County Investigative Unit Detectives, Spokane County K9 Unit, and Spokane Police Officers, took him into custody without incident. Osborne was booked into the Spokane County Jail for Assault 1st Degree and Robbery 1st Degree, and he is being held on a $750,000 bond set by Spokane County Superior Court.
On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force located Rosslow at a residence in the 10700 block of E. 9th Avenue. Subjects inside the residence, including Rosslow, were not cooperative and possibly armed.
SWAT, Crisis Negotiators, Spokane Valley Deputies, Major Crimes Detectives, Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Operators, Behavioral Health Unit Units, Spokane Valley Investigative Unit (SVIU), Spokane Police Department, and additional assets responded to assist in attempting to coax the barricaded and possibly armed suspect and others to surrender peacefully. Detectives obtained a search warrant for the residence as announcements to cooperate and peacefully surrender continued to be ignored.
SWAT Team members continued to make announcements and warnings force may be used if the suspect and other occupants did not surrender, but no one complied.
With Rosslow’s criminal and violent history, along with his new charges of Assault 1st Degree and (armed) Robbery 1st Degree where a handgun was used and a victim was shot, chemical irritants were inserted into the residence as announcements and warnings continued.
At approximately 12:10 pm, Rosslow exited the residence, surrendered, and was taken into custody. However, with information additional subjects were inside the house and the need to serve a valid search warrant to collect evidence, efforts to coax any possible subjects into surrendering continued.
At approximately 1:30 pm, SWAT Team members and a K9 Unit found 34-year-old Aaron M. Woodward hiding in a basement crawlspace and took him into custody. Woodward, also a convicted felon, had active felony warrants for his arrest for two counts of Theft 2nd Degree.
After ensuring the residence was clear and no one else was inside, SWAT turned the scene over to Detectives to serve the search warrant and process the location for evidence.
Rosslow will be booked into the Spokane County Jail for Assault 1st Degree and Robbery 1st Degree later this afternoon.
Woodward was transported and will be booked into the Spokane County Jail for his felony warrants.
This remains an active investigation; additional charges or arrests are possible.
This Spokane County Sheriff Office news article "Two Suspects Arrested for Early Morning Shooting/Robbery Last Month" was originally found on https://www.spokanecounty.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=7