Man shot by Spanaway homeowner has been identified by the medical examiner
A man who was fatally shot by a homeowner in Spanaway has been identified by the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Russell Terry II, 36 of Tacoma, died Sunday from a gunshot wound to the neck, according to a news release from the medical examiner. His manner of death was deemed a homicide.
The 51-year-old homeowner called 911 Sunday saying he had shot an intruder, The News Tribune reported. Deputies were dispatched at about 1:45 a.m. to the 16000 block of 13th Avenue Court East, where they found a 36-year-old man wounded on a back porch. Efforts to revive him were unsuccesful, and he died at the scene, The News Tribune reported.
“Prior to the shooting, the suspect was seen on multiple homeowners’ cameras walking around people’s homes,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote in a post to its blotter. The post also noted that the results of a preliminary investigation suggest the homeowner acted in self-defense.
