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SWAT Responding to Active Shooter Situation in Northern Idaho
- On Friday, an active shooter was reported at the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office in Wallace, Idaho, prompting a multi-agency response across three states, KBOI reported.
- The Shoshone County Courthouse, sheriff's office and county jail share a building in downtown Wallace, Idaho, a small historic city with about 800 residents along Interstate 90.
- Witnesses reported at least seven gunshots at about 2:30 p.m., local reports said two people who were shot were taken to hospitals, and officers from eight law enforcement agencies formed a perimeter.
- The Mineral County Sheriff's Office said it was dispatching reinforcements to assist local authorities in Shoshone County, urging people to avoid downtown Wallace while several nearby businesses reported heavy law enforcement presence.
- Kootenai County deployed SWAT units to the scene, local TV reported; the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office confirmed this to KREM 2 News, while outlets labeled the event breaking news with updates to follow.
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Three shot, including police officer, before gunman killed by law enforcement in North Idaho
A gunman on Friday shot and injured an officer and two other people near the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office before police shot and killed him, according to Shoshone County Sheriff William Eddy.
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By Taylor Romine, CNN - An attacker armed with multiple weapons opened fire in the lobby of the Idaho Sheriff's Office and on the street Friday, wounding three people before being killed in a shootout with police, the local sheriff said. The suspected attacker fired at a pickup truck outside the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office in Wallace before entering the lobby and firing toward the station in the direction of the dispatch center, Shoshone Co…
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