SPOKANE, Wash. — Three Spokane County Sheriff Detectives are not facing criminal charges after the Glenrose Rd shooting involving Jeremy Bausch back in April 2023.
Detectives Nathan Booth, Kyle Leavenworth and Alex Velikodnyy attempted to arrest Bausch at his home last April for two counts of second-degree assault, second-degree robbery and unlawful imprisonment.
Deputies report the incident started late on the night of April 12, 2023, when they were called by mental health professionals. SCSO said Bausch had been involved in an argument with his mother, where he threatened to “blow her head off." Deputies were told the man was known to have a handgun and was in declining mental health.
"With the victim at a safe location, no one else inside the house, and no indication the suspect had any intent to leave the home and harm anyone else, the decision was made to leave the suspect inside his home to de-escalate the situation and not force a potentially deadly encounter," SCSO said in a news release.
Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for two counts of second-degree assault, with probable cause to add second-degree robbery. A judge also granted a search warrant for the house.
The Sheriff's Office assigned a surveillance team to the house. On April 13, the man left the house and drove to a nearby Safeway.
Deputies say the man "caused a disturbance" at the store and "threatened to harm other victims."
SCSO made the decision to try and stop the man before he could return home. The Sheriff's Office reports investigators called for emergency backup and shortly afterward shots were fired between the man and deputies.
During the gunfire, the man managed to make it back inside his house.
After several hours, SWAT members went into the house and made contact with the man. Deputies used "chemical irritants" which caused the man to leave the house. Deputies said the man remained uncooperative and a Taser was used to take him into custody.
For more on the incident: New details in Spokane County standoff, shootout that closed South Glenrose Road
The Spokane County Prosecutor determined that the detectives were justified in shooting Bausch.
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