Nez Perce Tribal officer recovering from gunshot wounds

A Nez Pierce Tribal police officer is in the hospital after he was shot Wednesday at his Lewiston Orchards home in Idaho. He is currently listed in stable condition.

Officer Josh Rigney was off duty and at home with his wife and children when he was shot twice at about 4:30 p.m. while he was off duty, according to the news release. .

The suspect, later identified as 36-year-old Daniel “Danny” Cook Jr. reportedly drove to Rigney’s neighborhood about 4 p.m. Wednesday. Neighbor Rose Covey told the Lewiston Tribune that the man, whom she had never met, was looking through her windows. She questioned him, and Cook reportedly asked her where the “tribal cop” lived.

Covey said she told the man she wasn’t sure, but she pointed next door to where a Nez Perce Tribal Police patrol car was parked in front of an apartment complex. She said that’s when the man believed to be Cook drove next door and began firing a weapon, hitting Rigney twice before fleeing the scene.

Rigney’s wife called emergency services. Meanwhile, several officers with the Lewiston Police Department pursued Cook.

Cook shot at the pursuing officers from several locations around Lewiston while driving, but he ultimately stopped and exchanged gunfire with three officers, police said.

None of the Lewiston police officers were injured. Cook died of multiple gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital.

The lead agency in this investigation is Idaho State Police, being assisted by members of the Region Two Critical Incident Task Force, which includes the Moscow Police Department, Latah County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Four Lewiston Police Officers have been placed on special leave by department policy and protocol. Police have not released a motive for the shooting.