Witnesses told deputies a man became “irate” over grocery store employees’ requests that he wear a mask, ultimately attacking an employee with a glass bottle, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release.
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January 14, 2021 2:20 PM Erin Robinson
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SPOKANE, Wash. The suspect in a recent Spokane Valley murder remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous.
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is looking for 28-year-old Joseph “Joe” M. Gray. He is one of two suspects believed to have shot and killed 35-year-old Christopher Smith off of Park Rd. in late December.
A female suspect, 30-year-old Krystal M. Johnson, was taken into custody Wednesday night at the Adams Square Apartments.
Authorities believe Gray, Johnson and Smith got into some type of argument and ran through the neighborhood, yelling and banging on doors. The Sheriff’s Office believes that is when Gray pulled out a handgun and shot Smith.
Krystal Johnson, 20, was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery, according to Gregory.
The shooting happened on New Year’s Eve at 7:20 a.m. at the intersection of 6th Avenue and Park Road near Brookdale Park Place, a retirement community. Witnesses told police that they saw an injured person lying in the retirement community s driveway before watching two suspicious people run away from the scene.
According to Gregory, investigators believe the shooting started as an altercation between two men and a woman.
Gregory said at some point during the incident, as the three ran through the neighborhood yelling and banging on doors, one of the men pulled a gun and shot the other man, later identified as Smith. He later died from his injuries at a local hospital, Gregory said.
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