Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerome Thornton speaks June 20 about his experience during the memorial observance of an active-shooter incident at Fairchild Air Force Base that occurred June 20, 1994.
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE - Fairchild Air Force Base leaders and community members gathered to honor the victims of a tragic shooting that occurred 30 years ago, last week.
The memorial ceremony was held to remember the lives lost and those affected by the deadliest mass murder in Spokane County history.
On June 20, 1994, Dean A. Mellberg, a 20-year-old former airman, entered the Fairchild AFB hospital annex armed with a MAK-90 assault rifle. Mellberg's attack began with the fatal shooting of Major Thomas E. Brigham, a psychiatrist, and Captain Alan W. London, a psychologist, who had both recom...
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