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1 deputy dies and another not expected to survive after firefight with suspect at Washington home

Compiled Nov 4

1 deputy dies and another not expected to survive after firefight with suspect at Washington home
1 deputy dies and another not expected to survive after firefight with suspect at Washington home · Photo: The Associated Press
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What happened

One of two sheriff's deputies wounded in a firefight with a suspect in Washington state has died, and the other is not expected to survive

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The detail

Deputies responded to a home in Spangle, a small farming community south of Spokane, on Tuesday afternoon

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The detail

A woman told her neighbor that she had been shot by her brother

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The detail

SWAT team members and deputies tried to breach the door after determining the suspect had a felony warrant and there might be other victims

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How it unfolded

Tuesday afternoon: Deputies responded to a home in Spangle after a woman reported being shot by her brother · Tuesday: Deputies determined the suspect had a felony warrant and SWAT tried to breach the door · Tuesday: Gunfire erupted from the home, striking two deputies, who were taken to a hospital in critical condition · Tuesday night: One deputy died · Wednesday: The other deputy was being kept on life support to allow organ donation, and authorities confirmed one deputy's death and announced the other was not expected to survive

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Still unresolved

Neither deputy was identified

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