David James Darling, 36, of Spokane, Washington, died on the afternoon of April 25, 2015, after suffering a single gunshot wound to his left thigh while seated in a car stopped at Fifth Avenue and Magnolia Street in the East Central neighborhood. A nearby resident reported hearing screeching tires but not a gunshot. A Spokane police officer arrived first and began CPR; medics removed Darling from the vehicle but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the fatal injury severed the femoral artery, causing a fatal loss of blood.

Detectives initially treated the circumstances as suspicious and investigated, but the Spokane Police Department later concluded the shooting was accidental. With that determination, no suspects were sought and no arrests were made; the investigation was closed without criminal charges. If anyone witnessed the scene at Fifth and Magnolia on April 25, 2015, or has information about what happened, please share it.