He was arrested after an argument escalated to a fatal stabbing, Tacoma police say
Police have arrested a man suspected of fatally stabbing an acquaintance in a Tacoma parking garage last weekend.
A passerby called 911 about 9:35 p.m. Saturday after finding Jisgogo Sha, 33, bleeding in the 700 block of Commerce Street.
Sha was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center, where he died of a stab wound to the chest.
Detectives on Sunday arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of second-degree murder.
“They knew each other,” police spokeswoman Loretta Cool said Monday. “There was an argument and they got into a fight.”
Pierce County prosecutors are deciding whether to file charges against the man, who appeared in court Monday.
Superior Court Commissioner Meagan Foley ordered the man held in lieu of $250,000 bail, pending an arraignment set for Wednesday.
That gives police more time to investigate.
The News Tribune generally does not name suspects before they have been charged with a crime.
Sha’s loved ones who attended court were visibly upset, and told reporters they’d lost a good friend. They described Sha as artistic, and said he was a good man.