Spokane, Washington



From Spokane's KHQ-TV of January 30, 2004

Burglary Suspect Arrested After Earlier Shots Fired



An attempted burglary, gunfire, and a suspect on the run. It all started at a house at 26th and Havana Thursday morning.



It all started just before 7am Thursday morning.Sheriff's deputies rush to a home at 26th and Havana, after the homeowner tries to stop a burglar.Sheriff Mark Sterk said, "He confronted the suspect, ran, struggled, pulled shotgun. At least one round went off."



The suspect got away, witnesses say in this white commercial van. A short time later deputies responded to a home on south Ferrell near 8th, where the suspect allegedly dumped the van. "He went in the house, told them he'd been shot, and needed to borrow the car, he left in the green Cadillac," Sterk said.



About four hours later that green Cadillac was tracked to a home near 6th and Conklin. Officers surrounded it and called for the suspect to come out.



Forty-four year old Phillip Moore appeared, dressed in a suit, yelling out to officers down the street, before finally surrendering. The sheriff says there's strong evidence tying Moore to the Havana burglary. "He does have a minor injury to one of his legs, so it does tie him to the information we've got," Sterk said.



Moore is in jail, facing first-degree burglary and firearm charges. But detectives say given the crime scene is spread out over three neighborhoods, this investigation is far from over.