~ Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown has directed that flags at city facilities be lowered to half-staff through the weekend to honor Spokane County sheriff's deputies who were shot while responding to a domestic violence call in Spangle.

Brown said the city was "deeply saddened and troubled" by the violence and extended condolences to the deputies' families, friends and colleagues.

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The city said the flag order coincides with Gov. Bob Ferguson's directive to lower flags in remembrance of Whitman County Sheriff Brett Meyers. Spokane officials also encouraged residents and businesses to lower their flags.

The Sheriff Community Oriented Policing Effort is accepting donations for the deputies' funeral expenses. Any funds remaining will go to their families, the city said.

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