Crime

Man fatally shot in Tacoma parking lot is identified

A man shot to death during a fight in a Tacoma parking lot last weekend has been identified.

Scott Jonathon Univer, 40, died of a gunshot wound to the torso, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.

No one has been arrested for the homicide, which occurred about 11:30 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of South 80th Street.

Police were called to a back parking lot of an apartment complex and found Univer unresponsive on the ground.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses said Univer had been fighting with another man, but detectives have not released details about what led up to the shooting or why the men were fighting.

This story was originally published November 18, 2020 at 9:46 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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