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Police shoot suspect

Police trying to take a man into custody on felony warrants Tuesday shot him, said Okanogan County Sheriff Toney Hawley.

The shooting happened in Omak at 11:43 a.m., Hawley said in a press release.

He said his deputies and Omak police had information on the location of a subject wanted on multiple felony warrants and tried to take him into custody in Riverside, Washington, just north of Omak.

“The suspect was shot by law enforcement,” Hawley wrote, not saying which law enforcement officer or officers had shot the man.

The two involved agencies “have contacted the North Central Washington Special Investigations Unit to conduct the shooting investigation,” Hawley stated.

Injured climber rescued

Firefighters and sheriff’s deputies thought they were going to a fire Feb. 27 on a hillside in Pine Canyon on US 2 after a passerby reported seeing flames just after 9 a.m.

What they actually found was an injured climber.

Jon Davis, 38, of East Wenatchee, had suffered a non life-threatening leg injury and couldn’t remove himself from the steep terrain.

Members of the Chelan County High Angle Rescue Team responded to assist with removing Davis, Undersheriff Tyler I. Caille reported. Waterville Ambulance took Davis to Central Washington Hospital for treatment.