Man fatally shot outside apartment complex near Tacoma
A 21-year-old man was shot and killed near Tacoma on Thursday afternoon, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies were called about 11:30 a.m. to an apartment complex in the 2400 block of 100th Street Court South by a man who said his brother had been shot.
They found the victim outside the building suffering from a gunshot wound, spokesman Darren Moss said.
The man, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses were able to give detectives information about the 27-year-old shooter, who was found shortly afterward at an apartment complex on Byrd Drive in Steilacoom.
Steilacoom police and a sheriff’s SWAT team surrounded the building and spoke with the suspect on the phone.
After a brief standoff, the suspected gunman gave himself up and was arrested.
Details about what led up to the homicide were not immediately available.
This story was originally published November 5, 2020 at 2:11 PM.
