SPOKANE – On March 25, 2026, at approximately 12:05 pm, Spokane Valley and Spokane County Deputies responded to the 1900 block of N. Greenacres Road for a dispute where the suspect was reportedly armed and threatened to shoot his neighbors. The victim identified the suspect as 69-year-old Bruce A. Mathews, and said Mathews went back inside his home, where he is known to have firearms. The victim then advised that Mathews was now back outside, holding a black semiautomatic pistol.
Arriving Deputies contacted the two victims and learned they were doing yard work when Mathews began yelling at them and waving his arms from his front yard. Because of previous incidents with him, they began recording the interaction. During this, Mathews yelled, “I’ll put a bullet right in your (expletive) head!”, and he went back inside his house.
Mathews then returned to his front yard holding a pistol in his hand. One of the victims took cover behind a vehicle, and the other ran inside his home to call 911. Both victims stated they feared Mathews would shoot them and were afraid for their lives…