Shot fired, nobody hurt in Knolls Vista altercation
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MOSES LAKE — A weapon was fired but nobody was hurt during an incident Tuesday afternoon in the Knolls Vista neighborhood of Moses Lake, according to the Moses Lake Police Department.
“We got a report of a verbal-physical altercation in the parking lot of (Lake City) Foursquare Church,” MLPD Capt. Jeff Sursely said. “Officers arrived and found several subjects pepper-sprayed, and learned that one shot had been fired but nobody had been shot or hurt.”
The case is under investigation, Sursely said. No information was available about the cause of the altercation or whether any charges would be brought.
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