Flathead County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man wanted in a Hungry Horse shooting that injured a woman Saturday night.
Deputies report that the man used a semi-automatic gun to fire through the windshield of a pickup truck as he drove toward the truck from the opposite direction on First Street South East just before 11 p.m. The suspect got into an argument with the man driving the truck as they pulled abreast of one another, deputies report, then the second driver pulled away. The suspect allegedly fired more shots through the pickup's rear window, injuring a female passenger on the neck and shoulder.
She was flown by ALERT helicopter to Kalispell Regional Medical Center, where deputies reported she was alert and in stable condition Sunday.
Tools were reported stolen from a Cobbler Village Road home's mud room.
A woman snorkeling at the convergence of two forks of the Flathead River near Hungry Horse Reservoir Saturday found a submerged gun. It didn't come up as stolen.
People using the hot tub at a Columbia Falls golf resort prompted a 10:20 p.m. call to the sheriff's office.
Bears were reported twice on Sunday, once hanging around a yard on Hidden Valley Drive and later trying to get into a storage shed on Spotted Bear Road.
A dog is in quarantine after allegedly attacking a man at the Leisure Island public boat launch Sunday.
A man reported that another man sexually assaulted him at Kiwanis Park.
Sunday afternoon's wind blew down power lines on Antelope Trail at Happy Valley and on Voerman Road outside Whitefish. Flathead Electric crews took care of the situations.
The sheriff's office had 160 log entries between 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Kalispell police dealt with a rash of thefts that happened overnight Saturday on Windriver Drive, Buttercup Loop, Honeysuckle Lane, Kelly Road, Condor Drive, Woodland Drive, Third Avenue East and Fifth Avenue West.
In some, front windows were broken on vehicles in order to steal the contents. Other vehicles were unlocked. Items were taken from the bed of a pickup truck. One vehicle lost both its license plates, an unoccupied house was egged, and four locks now are missing from storage units on Kelly Road.
The 2-year-old child in camo clothing found wandering with his dog in an alley behind Eighth Avenue West didn't talk to the person who approached. Police tracked down the child's father and had a talk. Another neighbor said those parents often let their small children roam.
Police arrested a man for felony aggravated assault at an Airport Road casino after he allegedly pulled a shotgun on some people in the parking lot early Sunday.
Three people kicked out of a bar on Second Street East Saturday night continued hanging around outside, so the management asked for extra patrol at closing time. Then shortly before 5 a.m., another caller reported a fight with at least five people present. One was checked for warrants and found to be involved, but the others fled.
A coffee shop on Heritage Way had been having trouble with the back door not latching, but when checking into an alarm there early Sunday police found the door propped open with a rock.
After allegedly shouting obscenities and creating a disturbance with staff, a resident of the Samaritan House homeless shelter was arrested Saturday afternoon.
A case of teen versus her aunt Saturday progressed from the teen reportedly being out of control and throwing things in the house, to finally taking off.
Belligerence from a man in a wheelchair came to an end when he was sent on his way with the admonition that he could attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings but not loiter at the location Saturday evening. When he countered with claims of animal cruelty and interference with the Americans with Disabilities Act, he was told it was an issue with him and his actions, not his dog.
A runaway girl was returned home after being found at the door of Flathead High School Saturday night.
Two reports of a man with something in his hand walking around the neighborhood and going through vehicles in an alley near Sixth Street East and 13th Avenue turned out to be a neighbor who had been burglarized and was out checking on things in the neighborhood.
Curfew violation was the charge against one girl police chased down as they looked into a report of teens loitering at an elementary school playground. The others got away.
Three people under age 21 were drunk as they walked near First Avenue West North and West Washington. They were counseled.
The burglar at an Appleway home allegedly was his girlfriend's ex-husband, the resident said.
Police had 79 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Columbia Falls police put out automated calls to surrounding residents shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday in an effort to help find a 12-year-old boy who had been missing for three hours. The child, missing from a home on Columbia Drive, has brown hair and eyes, was wearing a blue shirt and sweats, was riding a blue bike and was thought to be alone. He was found around 7:30 p.m. near the Flathead County Landfill; his bike was found at Columbia Falls High School.
Police had 59 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Whitefish police investigated a report Saturday night of prescription medications stolen from a hotel room.
Police had 28 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Alarms
Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park was closed early Sunday at the Big Bend on the west side after one inch of snow fell at Logan Pass. The road was slated to close at midnight Sunday for road work.
Evergreen Fire and ambulance were called Saturday afternoon when a vehicle went into a ditch at Birch Grove and Helena Flats roads and a meadow caught on fire there. Flathead Electric Cooperative workers repaired the line knocked down in the crash.
Somers firefighters put out a small grass fire on Lower Valley Road Saturday afternoon.
Kalispell ambulance took an injured driver from Raceway Park to Kalispell Regional Medical Center Saturday night.