Pierce County deputies arrest third suspect in Port Orchard homicide
Deputies arrested the third suspect in the murder of a 19-year-old Port Orchard man Friday morning. A warrant was issued for the man’s arrest earlier this week.
Eli M. Gregory, 19, called the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department at about 3:30 a.m. to turn himself in, according to a post from the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office. Pierce County deputies arrested the man without incident and turned him over to the Kitsap County sheriff. He has yet to be charged.
Two people, including a former Gig Harbor High School student, have already been arrested and charged in connection to the death of Tyrone Sero, 19, of Port Orchard.
They are Kannon Stephens, 19, of Gig Harbor, charged with first-degree murder, and Karlen Talent, 20, of Port Orchard charged as an accomplice. Stephens turned himself in Oct. 21 and Talent was arrested a few hours later.
Gregory remained at large until Friday. Deputies previously said he should be considered “armed and dangerous.”
Kitsap County deputies allege Sero was shot in the back of the head early Wednesday, Oct. 20 while sitting in a car trying to sell a pound of marijuana. His body was then driven to a remote spot near Matlock and burned in a fire pit, investigators said.
In the statement of probable cause, a Kitsap County sheriff’s detective alleges that the three young men lured Sero into their car on the premise of buying the pound of cannabis. An argument broke out, and Sero was shot, detectives said.
This story was originally published October 29, 2021 at 7:55 AM.
