Fatal shooting: What to know about Tacoma’s Salishan neighborhood
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Mass shooting in Salishan neighborhood
Four people were shot dead in Tacoma’s Salishan neighborhood Thursday evening. Stick with The News Tribune as we report the latest in this developing story.
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Four people were shot dead in Tacoma’s Salishan neighborhood Thursday evening, Tacoma police said.
The incident was first reported at 4:24 p.m. Tacoma Police say two females and one male died at the scene in the 4200 block of Everett Avenue in Tacoma. Another male victim was transported to a local hospital, where he later died.
Police urged the public on Thursday to stay away from the area or stay indoors.
Located in Tacoma’s Eastside, the Salishan neighborhood, called New Salishan, is a housing development with a long history in Tacoma. The neighborhood is bordered by Portland Avenue to the west, East 51st Street to the south, East Roosevelt Avenue to the east and East 38th Street to the north.
New Salishan is a mixed-income, mixed-use neighborhood of affordable and market-rate rental units, single-family homes for sale, commercial buildings and parks.
The neighborhood underwent a major redevelopment by the Tacoma Housing Authority, which took three phases, $300 million and 15 years to complete. The development consists of nearly 200 urban acres and more than 1,300 dwelling units.
The origin of Salishan is closely linked with the attack on Pearl Harbor. The federal government built Salishan to provide temporary housing for war workers.
After the war, the federal government gave most of Salishan to THA to own and manage as a public housing community.
“Its reputation, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, became quite unsavory,” according to Tacoma Housing Authority’s website. “In response, THA, the City of Tacoma, and most the residents took effective action. By the late 1990s Salishan’s crime rate had fallen to what other city neighborhoods were experiencing.”
This story was originally published October 21, 2021 at 7:18 PM.
