Published online: Mar 16, 2021 Articles, East Idaho Health
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IDAHO FALLS The American Red Cross of Greater Idaho is unveiling two new vehicles in Eastern Idaho that will help the humanitarian organization respond to disasters and collect and deliver lifesaving blood.
A new Red Cross emergency response vehicle is based in Eastern Idaho. These vehicles are on the frontline during disasters like wildfires and flooding, delivering food and supplies, often to families cut off from other services. Red Cross deployed a similar vehicle from its fleet to the Lenore and Orofino area in September to help families forced to evacuate during the Clover wildfire.
Red Cross unveils 2 new vehicles to respond to disasters, deliver blood in eastern Idaho
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On Monday evening, a Rexburg Police Department officer shot and killed a 50-year-old man at an apartment complex while responding to a complaint about an âunwanted subject.â
The events leading up to the shooting have not been made public, but the incident is the fourth fatal shooting by police in eastern Idaho in a week, and the fifth shooting incident overall.
Eastern Idaho typically sees two to three fatal shootings a year. The past week, however, has seen an unprecedented level of gun violence.
Law enforcement officers also have shot and killed individuals in Idaho Falls, Bingham County and Pocatello. Additionally, a suspect wanted in connection to a break in and shooting incident in Idaho Falls also shot at Chubbuck police officers while fleeing last week. In that incident officers did not return fire.
East Idaho has experienced a rash of recent unrelated incidents of gun violence, resulting in three fatalities, including the Feb. 8 death of an Idaho Falls man who an unidentified officer reportedly mistook for a suspect.
On Sunday afternoon, a suspect whose identity has not been disclosed was killed when law enforcement officers returned his fire during a standoff in the Rose-Firth area, police said.
On Sunday night, area authorities also wrapped up one of the most intense manhunts in Southeast Idahoâs history when they nabbed 43-year-old Richard âRockyâ Iverson, of Blackfoot, who was allegedly involved in a Saturday night shootout with U.S. Marshals that claimed the life of another suspect.
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A development in Boise is the inspiration for a similar project in Rigby across from the high school. | Courtesy Jorelle McClellan
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