Crime

Man fatally shot outside Emerald Queen Casino has been identified

A man shot and killed in a parking garage outside an Emerald Queen Casino has been identified.

Ty Jenkins, 25, of Las Vegas, was fatally shot about midnight Friday in the Tacoma casino’s south parking garage.

Puyallup Tribal police responded and performed CPR until paramedics arrived.

Jenkins was pronounced dead at the scene.

He died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Witnesses spotted a man running from the scene but no one has been arrested.

The FBI, which is investigating the homicide, has not released details about what led up to the shooting.

This story was originally published August 4, 2020 at 11:38 AM.

Stacia Glenn
The News Tribune
Stacia Glenn covers crime and breaking news in Pierce County. She started with The News Tribune in 2010. Before that, she spent six years writing about crime in Southern California for another newspaper.
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