SEATTLE – A man who reportedly held a knife to an infant’s throat Monday was shot and killed by a Seattle police officer, authorities said. The infant was unharmed.
A standoff began late Monday afternoon when officers responded to a domestic dispute call at an apartment complex in the 6500 block of Rainier Avenue South, Officer Sean Whitcomb said. A woman opened the door and appeared “hesitant,” and officers could see a 4-year-old child “cowering,” with a man in the background holding a knife, he said.
Officers got the woman, the 4-year-old and another child out of the apartment, but the man had the infant and alternately held the knife to the baby’s throat and stomach, Whitcomb said. The child was estimated to be 5 to 7 months old, he said.
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Richland: Iraq soldier gets home just in time
Army Pfc. Douglas Lambe got on a plane in northern Iraq on the day his son was due to be born. As it turned out he arrived with eight hours to spare. In two days of flights through Kuwait, Germany and three U.S. cities, “I was calling constantly on the phone,” Lambe said. “I was going nuts.” Not to worry. He arrived at Tri-Cities Airport in nearby Pasco about 7 p.m. last Monday. His wife Nikki already had arranged with her doctor to induce labor the next morning but wound up going into contractions before that could happen. “He waited around for me, I guess,” Douglas Lambe said.
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Vancouver: Mount St. Helens will reopen
Officials are planning to reopen many areas at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument that were shut down because of volcanic activity that began last fall. The Johnston Ridge Observatory – the closest observation point to the mountain at 51/2 miles from the crater – is among the areas to be reopened. It will reopen on May 6, and other areas will reopen as snow is removed and roads are repaired, said a news release Monday from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. However, the mountain will remain closed above the Loowit Trail – roughly the tree line – keeping the popular south-side climbing route off limits.
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Oregon: Woman survives 12 days in tub
A fully clothed Salem woman who said she spent 12 days stranded in a bathtub after falling in because of a medical condition was rescued Monday, authorities said. Mary Kelso, 57, was in serious condition at Salem Hospital late Monday, said Bill Holmstrom, a spokesman for the Salem Fire Department. Holmstrom, who declined to describe Kelso’s medical problem, said Kelso was able to drink water during most of her ordeal. “She was just too weak to get out of the tub,” he said. The authorities discovered Kelso when someone asked them to perform a welfare check on her.
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