Police find man with gunshot wound to head in Tacoma

Tacoma police found a man early Monday morning who had suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Police said it was unknown how he was shot, but the man is expected to survive his injuries.

A 911 caller reported seeing a man on the sidewalk at 3:20 a.m. Monday in the 5400 block of Burlington Way, Tacoma Police Department spokesperson Wendy Haddow said in an email Tuesday.

Haddow said officers located a 38-year-old victim with a gunshot wound to the head. He was transported to the hospital and was expected to live.

How the man was shot remains unknown, Haddow said. She said at the time of the incident, the man was incapacitated and unable to tell investigators what happened.

This story was originally published September 21, 2021 at 2:10 PM.

Peter Talbot

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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