SPOKANE, Wash. – A 48-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday on multiple charges for fleeing and crashing into a police car after allegedly shooting a handgun from inside his truck.
According to a press release from the Spokane Police Department (SPD), police responded to a 911 call for a reported drive-by shooting near West Maxwell Avenue and North Howard Street. A person informed SPD that they saw a man fire a handgun from a black pickup truck, and additional calls reported sightings of a man “displaying a firearm in an alarming manner at various locations in west Spokane.”
Police located the truck downtown and attempted to stop the man. He fled the scene, leading to a brief chase…