Crime In Tacoma

08/06/2022

Police said officers responded and attempted to save the man’s life, but he was declared dead on the scene.

03/06/2022

A May 21 drive-by shooting in Tacoma injured four teens. Thursday, Tacoma police arrested a 19-year-old on suspicion of five counts of first-degree assault

03/06/2022

ABERDEEN, Wash. – A convicted killer was accidentally released from a Western Washington prison earlier this week. Jeremy Bennett plead guilty to killing Lawrence Howse, 54, in 2015. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison. However, Pierce County officials say there was a contested hearing last...

01/06/2022

Assault 1 Suspect Arrested

Tacoma, Wash. – On May 30, at 4:48 p.m., officers responded to the parking lot of the Boy Scout office, 4802 S. 19th St. to take a threats report. A male had called South Sound 911 to report he had found his stolen property near a homeless encampment to the south in a wooded area. The victim said a male living within the encampment had threatened him when he went to recover his property.

The victim showed officers a picture of the vehicle the suspect was driving. Officers confirmed the vehicle had been reported stolen.
While officers were checking the encampment, the suspect drove past the officers at a high rate of speed towards the Boy Scout office parking lot. Seconds later, officers advised Dispatch they heard shots being fired. The suspect vehicle then fled past them, headed back southbound.

Officers went back to the parking lot and determined the victim had fired the shots. The victim told officers the suspect vehicle had been driving toward him at a high rate of speed. The victim said he feared for his life and fired shots at the vehicle.

Officers advised Dispatch the suspect may have been injured and to check local hospitals.

Officers confirmed the victim had a valid concealed pistol license and that the firearm was registered to him. The firearm was taken and placed into property as evidence.

At 5:14 p.m. the same day, officers located the stolen vehicle parked unoccupied near S. 31st and S. Washington St. The suspect was not located. The vehicle was impounded.

On May 31, 2022, South Sound 911 received a call that the suspect was back at the encampment and had facial injuries.

Shortly after 5:00 p.m., officers responded and located the 40-year-old male suspect.

The suspect was placed under arrest and transported to a local hospital for medical treatment for a non-life-threatening injury.

When released from the hospital, the suspect will be booked into jail for Assault 1 and Possession of a Stolen Vehicle.

01/06/2022

Tacoma, Wash. – A man has been arrested after two weeks of damaging a neighbor’s property. Tacoma police say the resident in the 100 block of E. 68th St. called them about a man who broke windows at her home. This was not the first time police heard about the man, who had been damaging t...

01/06/2022

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31/05/2022

Memorial Day marks the beginning of what transportation officials call the "100 Deadliest Days" for teen drivers. There were 2,400 teenagers killed in crashes in 2019, according to the CDC. That's why starting Monday, officials are sounding the alarm for parents to talk to their kids about driving s...

31/05/2022

GRAHAM, Wash. - State Route 161 northbound lanes were shut down after a fatal accident. Washington State Patrol (WSP) trooper Robert Reyer tweeted out the news Monday evening around 9 p. m. According to Reyer, the one-vehicle accident killed a woman on SR 161 at 200th in Graham. KOMO News is told th...

31/05/2022

SPANAWAY— A heartbroken family is searching for answers after a mother of nine was killed by a stray bullet at a busy Spanaway gas station Thursday evening. No one has been arrested in the brazen shooting at 174th Street and Pacific Avenue South. Angelina Palmer was supposed to be celebrating....

31/05/2022

TACOMA, Wash. – A man is on the run after contractors found stolen property near Cheney Stadium. Tacoma police say they were called around 3:30 Monday afternoon when the contractors found a couple of stolen vehicles and multiple beer kegs in a wooded area near the Boy Scout Council Office. The...

30/05/2022

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29/05/2022

Tacoma, Wash. - At around 4:38 PM, 5/28/22, Tacoma Police was alerted to an occupied stolen vehicle in the area of S. 72nd and Hosmer by LoJack.

Officers arrived in the area of the Starbucks to find a Dodge Challenger that was stolen in a burglary in Portland, Oregon where the business was set on fire.

Officers coordinated a takedown.

Officers moved in when the driver, who was not awake, suddenly woke up and started trying to drive away.

The vehicle tried to rammed their way out but were not successful.

The driver was taken into custody swiftly.

No injuries reported.

28/05/2022

“The goal is to free up deputies so they can do more to try to help prevent crime and focus on conducting follow-ups,” Sgt. Darren Moss said.

28/05/2022

“I don’t think this was targeted at all. This felt like a wrong place, wrong time incident.”

28/05/2022

28/05/2022

The suspect reportedly ran over a drain pipe and summoned Beacon Plumbing’s services. A little more than an hour later, the employee was dead.

28/05/2022

SEATTLE — Police said they seized a gun, drugs and cash from a suspected drug dealer in downtown Seattle on Thursday night. According to the Seattle Police Department, officers downtown witnessed a man conduct several drug transactions in the 200 block of Pike Street. After following the man,....