UPDATE: August 7, 2025 at 11:50 p.m.

Sergeant Teresa Fuller, Public Information Officer with the Spokane Police Department, reported that when officers first arrived at the scene near the 800 block of West Spokane Falls Boulevard, the male suspect was threatening suicide on the Post Street Bridge.

Resources called to the scene included SWAT, the Hostage Negotiation Team, Air Support Unit and Explosives Disposal Unit, in addition to American Medical Response, Avista and the Spokane Fire Department's water rescue team.

A victim was found near the suspect with serious injuries, who later was pronounced dead at an area hospital. Another individual was injured during the incident, but is now stable, according to Sergeant Fuller.

At around 10:15 p.m., the Hostage Negotiation Team managed to

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