3 Spokane officers involved in shooting

May 20, 2013 @ 4:22 pm

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Spokane police have released the names of three officers who were involved in the shooting of a homicide suspect last week.

The three officers are Jake Jensen, Danny Lesser and Adam Valdez.

21-year-old Justin Cairns died Thursday morning after being shot by police outside a home in the Nine Mile Falls community. Police say Cairns shot and killed 33-year-old Cyrus C. Jones earlier that morning.

According to court documents, officers believed Cairns was reaching for a firearm when he was shot at least once and killed.


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  • Concerned US Citizen wrote...
    Shoot stright
    February 18, 2013 8:30 am
    Too bad these gang bangers can't shoot sraight. There could of been 4 less scum in the gene pool and we wouldn't have had to pay their medical bills to patch them up. I am sure their gangs don't include heath insurance as part of their benefit package. I wonder if bullet wounds are a pre existing condition under Obamacare? Are these scum eligible for social security disability payments if injured in this type of work related accident or is it under workers comp?
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  • hpitantso wrote...
    Concerned US Citizen wrote...
    February 18, 2013 11:26 pm
    Racism is a pre existing condition get help
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  • Zoeller wrote...
    @hpitantso:
    February 19, 2013 12:17 pm
    Say What? Were those gangbangers some of your relatives or something? I am not sure where you see any racism here??????
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  • maplefish wrote...
    hpitantso
    February 27, 2013 5:42 pm
    You ALWAYS PLAY the RACECARD!!! Life is hard. It's even harder when you're stupid. You, are really stupid. Who's the RACIST here?? I feel sorry for you. Stupid.
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  • jstumbo wrote...
    I had an idea as to the type of music that was played...
    February 19, 2013 11:48 am
    and then in the second to last paragraph it was confirmed. @hpitantso - Which race was Concerned refering to? The gangbang race? Not sure I have heard of that race before.
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  • W900A wrote...
    Who's the racist?
    May 16, 2013 5:23 am
    They guy who inserts race into something where no race was mentioned in the first place. I guess crooks must be a special race now. So who is the racist, the guy who puts it into everything and uses the racist label to attack anyone they disagree with. If he had been hit by a stray round from one of these gang bangers he might not be so friendly toward them. The gang bangers would probably beat him up and take his wallet/car/stereo/pot/meth but they wouldn't be racist in doing so, just gang bangin crooks who have no regard for anyone they hurt.
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