Press Release from Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office
KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho — On October 29, 2025, detectives with the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit (SIU) received information from the Pasco (WA) Police Department indicating that a suspect involved in multiple recent shootings in Pasco may be in Kootenai County.
SIU detectives located a vehicle associated with the suspect, Brian A. Panduro-Valenzuela, 21, a resident of Spokane Valley, Washington, near the intersection of Highway 53 and Meyer Road in the City of Rathdrum. Detectives from the Coeur d’Alene Police Department and agents from the FBI assisted with surveillance and followed the suspect to a nearby construction site.
The joint KCSO/CDAPD SWAT team responded and took Panduro-Valenzuela into custody without incident. He was booked into the Kootenai County Jail and is being held on a $5 million bond.
Information from the original crime scene, along with evidence collected at the time of arrest, indicates that Panduro-Valenzuela is a documented member of the criminal street gang Gangster Disciples.
