Tacoma police arrest man suspected of shooting man through window of home

Tacoma police arrested a man Monday night who they suspect fired gunshots into a home, striking a man inside.

Officers were called around 8:20 p.m. Monday to a report of a shooting near Nevada Avenue and Clark Place South, according to the Tacoma Police Department’s Twitter account. Police said a 39-year-old man shot through the window of a home and hit a 40-year-old man inside.

The victim was transported to the hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police arrested the 39-year-old and booked him into jail for investigation of first-degree assault.

More details about what led up to the shooting were not immediately available.

This story was originally published August 24, 2021 at 7:30 AM.

Peter Talbot

The News Tribune

Peter Talbot is a criminal justice reporter for The News Tribune. He started with the newspaper in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C. He also interned for the Oregonian and the Tampa Bay Times. Support my work with a digital subscription