RATHDRUM, Idaho — The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office arrested a shooting suspect from Pasco, Washington, in Rathdrum on Wednesday.

According to the sheriff's office, it received information from the Pasco Police Department that a suspect involved in several recent shootings in Pasco was possibly in Kootenai County.

The sheriff's office said it later found a vehicle associated with the suspect, later identified as 21-year-old Brian A. Panduro-Valenzuela from Spokane Valley. The car was found near the Highway 53 and Meyer Road intersection in Rathdrum.

Law enforcement followed the suspect to a nearby construction site, where Panduro-Valenzuela was eventually taken into custody. Panduro-Valenzuela was booked into the Kootenai County Jail and is being held on a $5 million bond.

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