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Another Tacoma homicide: One man is dead after shots were fired in a parking lot

By Angelica Relente

Updated July 30, 2022 11:46 AM

A 39-year-old man died in a parking lot at the 5300 block of South Orchard Street early Saturday morning.

Tacoma Police Department officers responded to a call at 5:23 a.m. regarding two men shooting at each other. When officers arrived at the scene, one of them was “unresponsive on the ground,” according to a statement from the department.

The other man fled the area, according to a news release.

At 5:23 am officers responded to a call of 2 males shooting at each other in a parking lot in the 5300 blk of S Orchard St. with one of the males shot. A 39-yr-old male was found unresponsive on the ground & declared deceased on scene. Detectives & forensics have responded. pic.twitter.com/QVZDJC9W6A
— Tacoma Police Department (@TacomaPD) July 30, 2022

Detectives, crime scene technicians as well as the Tacoma Fire Department responded to the scene. This incident is being investigated as a homicide, according to a news release.

This story was originally published July 30, 2022 at 10:07 AM.

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Angelica Relente covers topics that affect communities in East Pierce County. She started as a news intern in June 2021 after graduating from Washington State University. She is also a member of Seattle’s Asian American Journalists Association. She was born in the Philippines and spent the rest of her childhood in Hawaii.

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