Crime

Man found fatally shot in Tacoma parking lot; police investigating death as homicide

Tacoma police said officers found a man shot in a parking lot early Thursday morning. The 35-year-old man was declared dead on the scene.

Tacoma Police Department is investigating the man’s death as a homicide.

Officers responded about 5:40 a.m. to the parking lot of a business in the 8800 block of South Hosmer Street for reports of a man who had been shot, according to a tweet from the police department.

At the parking lot, officers found a 35-year-old man man who was unresponsive. According to the tweet, police took measures to try to save the man’s life, but he was declared dead.

TPD spokesperson Wendy Haddow said she had no further details on the circumstances of the man’s death.

The man’s death is the 22nd homicide in the city so far this year.

This story was originally published September 23, 2021 at 7:42 AM.

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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
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