What happens when the trigger gets pulled

Cheney animal shooting ends in amputation, kindness

It started as a report of a discharge of a weapon.

It ended as an example of the meaning of a random act of kindness, and what the lasting ramifications are when someone elects to fire a gun.

At about 11 p.m. June 12, Cheney dispatch received a call of two shots fired, a female screaming and dogs barking near Cheney-Spokane Road and Alki Street. Officer Rocky Hanni responded and spotlighted a 24-year-old male walking towards him on Alki.

According to the police report, the man raised his hands and told Hanni he had a gun in his sweat-jacket pocket. Hanni confiscated the weapon, handcuffed the...

 

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