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U.S. NEWS Monday 11 February 2019

Several hundred people take part in a public snowball fight, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at Wright Park
in Tacoma, Wash. Suspect charged in
Associated Press
More snow likely for storm- fatal shooting of

buried Pacific Northwest Milwaukee officer

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man
SEATTLE (AP) — Pacific weather service said. There to skiers and snowboarders, who was charged Sunday
Northwest residents who will be a brief break before Will Ahue, a meteorologist with killing a Milwaukee of-
are more accustomed to another system arrives. with the National Weather ficer during a drug raid on
rain than snow were dig- "Don't overlook that first sys- Service in Portland, told The his home told investigators
ging out from a winter tem," meteorologist Jacob Oregonian. School district that he didn't realize it was
storm and bracing for more DeFlitch told The Seattle officials throughout Oregon police trying to break down
on Sunday. Times. "But the second one and southwest Washing- his door, authorities said.
The sun was out but the will arrive right on its heels ton were closely following Jordan P. Fricke, 26, is
National Weather Service and looks to be more sub- the weather forecasts and charged with first-degree
said snow would return late stantial. Between them, storm tracking for Monday intentional homicide and
in the afternoon into the there's not much time to classes, KOIN-TV reported . other crimes in the fatal
evening across the North- spare." In Northern California, the shooting of 35-year-old Of-
west. Snowfall amounts will Temperatures were in the latest in a series of storms ficer Matthew Rittner, who
range from an inch to 3 teens or single digits. Low dusted beaches with snow was part of a tactical unit
inches (2.5 centimeters to temperature records could and caused whiteout con- trying to serve a warrant Jordan P. Fricke appears in
intake court and is charged
7.6 centimeters) through fall Sunday, meteorologists ditions on mountain roads. to search the home for ille- in the murder of Milwaukee
Sunday night. said. It was 9 degrees in Ar- The National Weather Ser- gal drugs and weapons on Police Officer Matthew Rittner,
Storms have delivered lington, Washington early vice office in Eureka report- Wednesday morning. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, in
more snow to Seattle in the Sunday. The weather ser- ed accumulating snow at According to the crimi- Milwaukee.
first days of February than it vice said that was colder sea level. KIEM-TV posted nal complaint, police an- Associated Press
usually gets in a year, The than the Arctic coast or photos of Clam Beach in nounced their presence
Seattle Times reported . North Slope of Alaska. Arcata covered in fresh several times and said saw him shoot at the kitch-
Snow was expected to An expected 2 feet to 4 powder. The last time Hum- they had a search war- en door and that she knew
push into the Puget Sound feet (0.6 meter to 1.21 me- boldt County beaches saw rant, and an officer yelled police were at the door
area later Sunday after- ters) from Sunday through snow was during the win- "police" right before Fricke because she heard them
noon and continue into the Wednesday in the Cas- ter of 2002-03, forecasters fired four rounds through a identify themselves, ac-
early overnight hours, the cades could be welcome said.q hole in the door that Rittner cording to the complaint.
had made with a battering A $1 million cash bond was
Alabama church removes pew ram. Rittner died of a gun- set Sunday for Fricke, who
shot wound to the chest.
remained in jail. A court
honoring Confederate president Fricke was in bed with his commissioner found prob-
girlfriend when they were able cause to hold Fricke
awakened by loud noise for further proceedings,
and yelling. He told investi- and a preliminary hearing
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The pastor of St. John's tionist. gators that he never heard was set for Thursday.
An Alabama church has Episcopal Church, Robert After learning of the pew's anyone yell "search war- Fricke's attorney, Michael
removed a pew honor- C. Wisnewski Jr., posted a history at a recent planning rant." He said he thought L. Chernin, declined com-
ing Confederate President message on the church retreat, church leaders dis- he heard someone say ment.
Jefferson Davis, saying the website last week saying cussed it and then voted "police" but didn't think it Rittner, a 17-year veteran
memorial had no place at the wooden pew was ded- to remove the pew from was actually the police try- of the force, was the third
a time when rebel symbols icated more than 90 years the sanctuary and place ing to break into his home, Milwaukee officer killed
have been adopted by ago at a service featuring it in the church archive, he the complaint states. in the line of duty in eight
white supremacists. a pro-lynching segrega- wrote.q Fricke's girlfriend said she months.q