Mother of the teenager who were killed in Spokane shooting

Spokane, Washington. The mother of 13-year-old Gavin Looper, a boy who was killed in a drive-by shootout in January 2025, spoke on a court hearing on Wednesday and asked a judge from Spokane County to keep the suspect in prison and maintain the bond to $ 2 million.

The 25-year-old Glen Dylan Burkey is charged with three crimes in connection with the murder of the teenager, including a second degree murder.

“Too often, he has mocked his releases and probation too often, and I ask her and asks her and asks you that she should hear the plea of ​​a grieving mother in our community and keep this man where he belongs as long as possible,” said Renee Richards.

Burkey appeared for the first time in front of a judge of Spokane County at the beginning of February, after not being delivered to a judge in Missoula and was brought back to Spokane County. Burkey is recorded with a bond of 2 million US dollars.

The shootout took place in the Hillyard district on January 25 in the early morning, and an affidavit said that 13-year-old Gavin Looper was with his father in a family in the Heroy Avenue in Heroy Avenue. Gavin was in a bedroom and played video games.

Detectives said that evidence showed that Burkey was shot five times into a back door of the house, which led to the bedroom in which gavin was. Spokane County's medical examiner said that the teenager was killed by a shot on the head.