Fight turns deadly in Airway Heights

Fifty-three-year-old man, father, killed as he tried to break up a fight for the second time between two young men over a date

On Aug. 25 in Airway Heights, two young men were arguing outside their apartments in the Copper Landing complex, 10913 W. Sixth Ave. located on Kalispel Tribe Reservation land, early in the morning when 53-year-old Terry Toner came out and asked them to quiet down. The fight turned deadly as the young men beat up Toner with a baseball bat and left him unconscious.

Despite lifesaving efforts, Toner was pronounced dead at the scene.

One of the teenagers, who was later identified as 18-year-old Christian Palmer, was also injured in the process and was taken to the hospital.

The other suspect, 19-...

 

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