Lt. Gov. Brad Owen’s son shot in workplace dispute
SEATTLE — Lt. Gov. Brad Owen said one of his close friends shot Owen’s son in a workplace dispute, before apparently shooting himself.
Owen said his son, 37-year-old Mark Owen, is in satisfactory condition after being shot in the stomach and wrist.
Mark Owen works at an auto body business in Kent. Brad Owen said the shooter was a business partner of his son, and that the two men had been having some disputes at work.
A nursing supervisor at Harborview said the shooter remained hospitalized Monday night in critical condition.
House Speaker Pelosi discusses health care bill on Seattle tour
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that while she opposes an anti-abortion amendment to the House version of the health care bill, it was necessary for the measure to pass.
The California Democrat said the language to prohibit the new government insurance plan from covering abortions “would have been in the bill one way or another.” She said backers of the far-reaching legislation to overhaul the U.S. health care system thought it was better to have the language included as an amendment to be voted on.
Pelosi toured Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center with Washington Democratic Congressmen Jim McDermott and Jay Inslee. She said it was appropriate to visit Swedish as her first public appearance since Saturday’s vote because the hospital is looking for ways to improve care while limiting costs.
Greenwood area hit with four overnight arsons
Four overnight fires in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood kept police and firefighters busy in the area that has been hit by a string of arsons.
Fire department spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen said the fourth fire was set just before 8 a.m. Monday and caused about $500 damage to the back of a convenience store.
She said first two fires were set about 11 p.m. Sunday behind a commercial building. They caused about $1,000 damage. Around 4 a.m., a third fire caused about $20,000 damage to the back wall of a restaurant, the Olive You.
Missing SeaTac man found living out of state
The King County Sheriff’s Office says a man who had been reported as missing nearly two years ago has been found alive and well, living in another state.
Detectives determined last week Nicholas Francisco had changed his name.
The 28-year-old was supposedly heading home to bake cookies with his children when he dropped out of sight Feb. 13, 2008, after leaving work.
Former deputy’s trial delayed after slaying
The assault trial of a former King County sheriff’s deputy has been put on hold over concerns that the man suspected of killing a Seattle police officer on Halloween night may have been motivated by the deputy’s actions.
Deputy Paul Schene, 32, was fired after being caught on video repeatedly punching a 15-year-old girl in a SeaTac City Hall holding cell. The girl had kicked her shoe at him.
The video was released to the media, and investigators believe that anger about it might have motivated Christopher Monfort to shoot and kill Seattle police officer Timothy Brenton.
Olympia: Sturdevant named Department of Ecology director
Gov. Chris Gregoire has named Ted Sturdevant as director of the Washington state Department of Ecology. Sturdevant, who was the agency’s director of governmental relations, replaces Jay Manning, who recently become Gregoire’s chief of staff.
Associated Press
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