A Pendleton man is now dead after a very long stand-off with police by a self inflicted gun shot. That man, now identified as 33 year old Jared Abernathy, was a suspect in a double homicide in western Washington according to news reports...
Kennewick police and our news partner KNDU-TV now say the man who is accused of stabbing two people, then holding police at bay in a standoff is in custody.
The 26th and final participant in the six-week-long standoff that occurred at the Oregon Malheur National Wildlife refuge has gotten 'into the wind,' and his family isn't talking. The story grabbed national headlines, as a stand-off between citizens and the government near Burns, Oregon.
UPDATE - 20-year-old David Atterbury surrendered Tuesday evening to the Tri-Cities Regional SWAT Team after the lengthy standoff. Two other arrests were also made. The standoff is now over.
The situation is still developing, but Richland police and other authorities say the man involved is wanted for other crimes.
Richland police took a man into custody just after midnight Wednesday morning after he allegedly threatened to kill a neighbor, and refused to come out of his home.
According to eyewitness accounts and other information, the man fatally shot during the Oregon Wildlife Refuge standoff was 'cooperating' with authorities when he was gunned down by police, who shot him three times. (Resistance leader Ammon Bundy shown here).
A 62-year-old man is in custody in Harney County after being arrested for vehicle theft. The man is believed to be connected to the standoff between citizens who've occupied the Malheur National Wildlife refuge.