Three Dead and One Injured in Moscow, Idaho, Shooting

Amaury · Jan 11, 2015

I am getting really fed up hearing about shootings! My condolences to the families and everyone affected. It's terrible.

Source: KTVB

Published: January 10, 2015

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MOSCOW -- Officials with the Moscow Police Department tell KTVB three people are dead, including the alleged gunman's adoptive mother, after multiple shootings in Moscow on Saturday afternoon. One person is reportedly injured.

The suspect in those shootings, 29-year-old John Lee of Moscow, is now behind bars.

Police say they first responded to a call of a shooting at around 2:30 p.m. at the Northwest Mutual on E. Third Street. Police say the two victims at the first reported shooting were 76-year-old David Trail and 39-year-old Michael Chin of Seattle. Trail, a Moscow businessman, was taken to Pullman Regional Hospital where he was declared dead. Chin was taken to Gritman Medical Center and is currently in critical condition.

Minutes after the first incident, police say a second shooting was reported at an Arby's restaurant on Peterson Drive. Police say Lee entered the restaurant and asked for the manager. When the manager, 47-year-old Belinda Niebuhr, came forward Lee reportedly opened fire. Niebuhr was declared dead at Gritman Medical Center.

About a mile and a half away from the Arby's, police say a fourth victim was found dead at a residence in the 400 block of Veatch Street. The fourth victim, 61-year-old Terri Grzebielski, is reportedly the suspect's adoptive mother. Police say Grzebielski was a physician's assistant at Moscow Family Medicine.

Witnesses led police to Lee, after they reported seeing an Asian male with a handgun driving away in a black Honda.

Officers in Pullman reportedly spotted the vehicle and attempted to make a stop, but Lee sped away. Police say the vehicle stopped after crashing on Highway 195 at milepost 47, near Colfax.

Lee was taken into custody just before 3:30 p.m. and he is now booked into the Whitman County Jail.

Law enforcement from several agencies including Moscow, Latah County, Idaho State Police, as well as agencies in Washington continue to investigate.
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