Tacoma police investigating homicide after woman found fatally shot in car
Tacoma police said officers found a woman early Wednesday morning shot in a car. Police said officers took measures to save the woman’s life, but she was declared dead on the scene.
Police said the woman’s death is being investigated as a homicide.
Officers responded about 4:40 a.m. to South 47th and Pine streets for reports of gunshots heard in the area and a woman possibly shot in a vehicle, according to news release from Tacoma Police Department.
On South 47th Street, police found a car crashed into a pole on the south side of the road, according to the news release. In the driver’s seat of the car, police found a 42-year-old woman who was unresponsive. She was declared dead on the scene by Tacoma Fire Department personnel.
The woman’s death is the 21st homicide in the city so far this year.
This story was originally published September 22, 2021 at 9:27 AM.
