Prosecutor deems Spirit Lake shooting justified
The Spirit Lake police officer who fatally shot a woman in her apartment while conducting a welfare check last year committed no crimes, according to a letter Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney Stan Mortensen sent Thursday to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office.
The county prosecutor, whose office released the letter Friday, deemed the shooting justified following review of a monthslong investigation into the death of 67-year-old S.A. Floyd, who police shot and killed Nov. 1, 2023.
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