Woman killed in officer-involved shooting identified

SANDPOINT — Bonner County sheriff’s officials identified the woman who was shot and killed by police on Tuesday as Jeanetta Marie Riley.

No additional details about the deadly confrontation outside Bonner General Health were released. Sheriff Daryl Wheeler said the incident remains under investigation, but added that the officers involved could be identified next week.

Riley, formerly known as Jeanetta Maddox, was reportedly shot in the chest while wielding a knife and refusing Sandpoint Police officers’ commands to drop the weapon.

 She “aggressed” the officers, who responded to the threat using lethal force, the sheriff’s office said in a prior news release.

Riley was a married mother who resided southwest of Priest River. She is originally from Washington state.

Riley, according to 1st District Court records, had a deeply troubled childhood and entanglements with the law as an adult in Bonner County.

Riley was charged with felony domestic violence in the presence of children in 2008 for allegedly stabbing her then-husband in the back with a knife in Hope.

The state and the defense moved jointly to have Riley undergo a mental health evaluation early on in the case.

The attorneys described Riley as a “chronic” domestic violence victim with substance abuse issues and a history of being abused as a child.

The defense introduced police reports and court documents indicating Riley’s former husband had battered her when they were living in Kent, Wash., in 2004 and Grants Pass, Ore., in 2006. Riley was pregnant when she was battered in the 2006 incident, the police report states.

Riley ultimately pleaded guilty to an amended charge of aggravated assault and was placed on probation after serving in the Idaho Department of Correction’s retained jurisdiction program, court records show.

Riley and her current husband, Shane, were arrested in March on misdemeanor charges of mutual spousal battery, but the cases were dismissed because they refused to testify against one another, according to court documents.