A while back, StoryCorps contacted the
Inlander, saying they wanted to follow up on our
2004 story about a local school shooting that featured the student in question, Sean Fitzpatrick, and the police negotiator who tried to talk him down. StoryCorps reunited Fitzpatrick, who survived being shot by police, and John Gately, the Spokane officer who tried to pull him back from disaster.
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