Tacoma transient found shot to death, suspect arrested
Tacoma police arrested a man about 6 p.m. Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree murder and first-degree assault after a transient was found dead early Tuesday, police said.
The suspect was booked into Pierce County Jail.
Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool said officers were called to the 3100 block of South 23rd Street about 10:25 a.m. Tuesday.
The man had been dead for some time, Cool said.
The man, later identified as Dustin Kopp, 32, died of a gunshot wound to the chest, according to Pierce County medical examiners.
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This story was originally published October 19, 2016 at 2:59 PM with the headline "Tacoma transient found shot to death, suspect arrested."