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Officer injured in shootout
Murder trial in hands of jury
Suspect hospitalized after gun battle with police in Marysville
Closing arguments in ‘cold case’ trial in Patti Berry’s death focus on DNA evidence. By Scott North Herald Writer
EVERETT — A jury is now writing the next chapter in a brutal murder mystery that has been unfolding in Snohomish County for more than 19 years. Jurors in the first-degree murder trial of Danny Ross Giles on Thursday afternoon began deliberating whether prosecutors and police have proven he killed Patti Berry on July 31, 1995. They spent nearly three weeks absorbing testimony about the killing, capped off by lawyers on both sides of the case spending roughly three hours nonstop urging them how best to weigh what
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The white Ford pickup truck used in a shooting last night is removed atop a tow vehicle from the scene at Grove Street and 51st Avenue NE in Marysville on Thursday morning. The back window reveals bullet holes, presumably from shots fired by law enforcement officers.
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to a local hospital with undisclosed injuries. Hans Hansen, 43, is expected to survive. Also injured was Marysville police Sgt. James Maples. Medical experts were trying to confirm the exact cause of his injuries Thursday, officials said. Maples, a 19-year veteran of the department, was released from Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett. “This was an extremely volatile situation that could have easily ended tragically,” Marysville Police Chief Richard Smith said. Smith was relieved that no one else was injured as a result of the gunfire. “All of our officers are doing well given the circumstances,” he said. “I am very proud of my officers and their response and courage exhibited during
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MARYSVILLE — In roughly an hour’s time Wednesday night, dispatchers received 30 reports of gunfire from Granite Falls, Lake Stevens and Marysville. Businesses, patrol cars and police stations were riddled with dozens of bullets. Detectives believe all are related to the movements of one man in a white extendedcab pickup truck whose trail of destruction covered more than 15 miles and an untold amount of spent ammunition. Near the end, two Marysville police officers fired shots at the Granite Falls man who eventually surrendered and was taken
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Danny Ross Giles listens during closing arguments in his firstdegree murder trial Thursday at the Snohomish County courthouse in Everett.
this event.” Beneath sunny blue skies Thursday, detectives renewed what is expected to be a long and complex investigation with at least five potential crime scenes. They searched for bullets and casings, interviewed witnesses and gathered evidence. The suspect’s white Ford pickup truck was towed to the police impound lot around 9:30 a.m. Thursday. It will be combed for evidence. Three bullet holes through the windshield could be seen from the street. On the back window were several decals. One read “Meet My Family” and featured drawings of different firearms. Another simply said: “Go Hawks.” If investigators knew the suspect’s motive Thursday, they weren’t saying.
Nor were they formally identifying Hansen until he has been medically cleared to be booked into the Snohomish County Jail on what likely will be allegations of drive-by shooting and firstdegree assault with a weapon. Snohomish County dispatchers received the flurry of 911 calls between 9:15 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Wednesday. They came from Granite Falls, Lake Stevens and Marysville. The two Marysville police officers who fired their weapons during the chaos were placed on administrative leave, in keeping with department policy. Their names have not been released. One has been with the agency for five years and the other for three and a half. See SHOOT, Page A2
Change of plans: District envisions new Lakewood High Herald Writer
LAKEWOOD — The school district has changed its plans.
The community is getting a completely new high school rather than an overhaul of the existing building. Building a new high school
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instead of remodeling the current one is expected to shave six months off the project timeline and 8,000 square feet off the original design, Superintendent Michael Mack said. “It does not change the cost at all,” he said. “In fact, we’re hoping we might be able to save some money. But we won’t spend any
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more money.” An open house is scheduled for Wednesday to showcase the proposed design and to give people a chance to learn more and share suggestions or concerns. “We’re still a couple months out from saying this is exactly how it will look,” Mack said. The project is funded by a $66.8
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million bond, which passed in April with 1,995 yes votes and 1,325 no votes. The measure had failed in 2013 by about 30 votes. Plans for remodeling the high school called for a 168,000-square-foot building that See LAKEWOOD, back page, this section
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Officials say a new school would cost the same as renovating the existing school and save time. They’ll present the proposal at an open house Wednesday.
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