CHENEY, Wash. — The Cheney Police Department (CPD) and the Spokane Police Department (SPD) have collaborated to arrest a suspect in connection to the shooting that occurred at the Cheney Starbucks on March 4, 2023.
The Washington State Patrol Crime Lab helped identify Benjamin J. Hill who was arrested and booked into the Spokane County Jail on June 16.
Hill was charged with Attempted Murder in the First Degree and Assault in the First Degree. His bond is set for $1 million.
Around 9 a.m. March 4, CPD and Eastern Washington University (EWU) officers responded to Starbucks located at 2816 1st Street.
The victim told officers that their vehicle was shot while waiting in the drive-thru.
CPD officers found a single bullet struck the victim's car. No one in the car or coffee shop was hurt.
KREM 2 confirmed that Hill is the East Valley High School teacher who was arrested for allegedly plotting to murder his ex wife. His ex wife said she found a bullet in her car door while she was driving and in the past few months she says someone shot at her house.
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