TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma police are investigating a homicide after a man was shot in the street near a high school.
According to police, officers responded to Tacoma’s North End neighborhood at around 2:30 a.m. to a report of shots fired and a man lying in the street.
Responding officers found one man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds but despite life-saving efforts from the officers and the Tacoma Fire Department, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police confirmed that Crime Scene Technicians and detectives were investigating the shooting as a homicide.
At approximately 2:30 a.m. our officers responded to a complaint of a shooting in the 4800 block of North 18th Street. When officers arrived, they found an adult male suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim succumbed to his wounds. This is being investigated as a homicide. pic.twitter.com/AmAIyQV6tF
— Tacoma Police Department (@TacomaPD) January 9, 2025
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