SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Police Department (SPD) have arrested 45-year-old Benjamin Crofoot after firing a gun in the area of West Spokane Falls Blvd., across from Riverfront Park.
Witnesses told KREM 2 News they heard over a dozen gunshots. Police arrived in the area several minutes later. SPD then found the man walking through traffic toward Riverfront Park.
According to SPD, the officers arrested the man without incident in the middle of the street. Officers recovered more than 2 dozen shell casings and a semi-automatic pistol in the area.
Police said the man shot a full magazine, reloaded, and shot several more times.
A gun was found in the road.
No one was hurt and it is not clear who or what the suspect was firing at. Police do say the man they arrested has a history of mental illness.
Police said a driver in the area hit a parking meter while trying to turn around on Spokane Falls Blvd. and avoid the shots that were being fired.
Police closed part of West Spokane Falls Blvd. while they investigated. The road is now back open.
Crofoot has been booked into Spokane County Jail on three counts of 1st Degree Assault, 28 counts of Reckless Endangerment and one count of Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm.
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