This day in history: 18-year-old Swanson pleads guilty in fatal shooting of brother

From 1976: A family tragedy involving two sons of Spokane’s director of public works was the subject of an emotion-packed courtroom hearing.

Steven Arthur Swanson, 18, pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his 16-year-old brother at their South Hill home. On Aug.

10, 1976, Steven Swanson had become enraged at his brother.

He put a bayonet on an AR-15 rifle, attempted to stab his brother, and then shot him multiple times.