John P. Gullingsrud was 34 when he was shot and killed in Spokane in the early morning of October 20, 2021. Police were called about 2:30 a.m. to the West Central neighborhood near Cedar Street and Boone Avenue, close to the Spokane Transit Authority bus barn, and found Gullingsrud in the street with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers provided emergency aid until paramedics arrived, but he died; the Spokane County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death gunshot wounds to the torso and extremities.

Investigators recovered several shell casings at the scene, but the firearm was not found. As of the posting date, no arrests have been made and no suspects have been publicly identified. The shooting is one of several unsolved homicides in Spokane during a year when authorities described an increase in violent crime linked in part to drug and gang-related activity.

Anyone with information about the shooting of John Gullingsrud is asked to contact the Spokane Police Department.