Here is the latest Washington news from The Associated Press at 7:40 am PDT

AP – Oregon Northwest

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Authorities say they are trying to find out what prompted a young girl to open fire in a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female. Police say the girl pulled a gun from her backpack on Thursday morning and shot two other students and an adult steward. All three victims were shot in the extremities and none had life-threatening injuries. Steve Anderson, Jefferson County’s sheriff, says the investigation will likely “take a considerable amount of time”. Figures compiled by the group The Violence Project show that girls and women only commit 2% of mass and school shootings in the United States

SEATTLE (AP) – Meineke Car Care Centers paid $ 12.5 million to settle a lawsuit by an Everett woman who alleged a safety inspection missed a defective tire that caused an accident. Attorney Lawrence Kahn says the Meineke franchise notified Janyce MacKenzie that her tires had been checked when she visited the store in 2016. MacKenzie was driving on I-90 in Montana when the tire suddenly tore apart and she lost control of the SUV. She was thrown from the vehicle and suffered a traumatic brain injury and a leg injury that left her permanently in a wheelchair. Meineke’s lawyers have not returned any calls asking for comment.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A Republican lawmaker who authorities said allowed violent protesters to enter the Oregon Capitol in December says he has contracted COVID-19. Rep. Mike Nearman said on a conservative radio talk show that he had a really bad case of COVID and was a little bit on the mend. Nearman will be heard Tuesday in Marion County Circuit Court for first degree misconduct and second degree felony for violating the State Capitol on December 21 by people protesting coronavirus restrictions. Nearman says he will go to court.

UNDATED (AP) – Clark County Attorneys will not file a criminal complaint against a contract newspaper carrier who fatally shot and killed a man in Vancouver, Washington last month. According to Colombian reporting authorities, the man who was killed, identified as 29-year-old Kin K. Bossy, tried to steal the aircraft carrier’s car on the Vancouver waterfront on April 17 when he was shot multiple times. The Columbian independent newspaper hauler, identified by police as 35-year-old Justyn Vallandingham, shot Bossy after finding him in his vehicle. In a letter to a Vancouver police officer, Assistant Attorney General Jeff McCarty wrote Thursday that Bossy appeared to have committed a crime against Vallandingham who feared imminent danger or death.