Tacoma police investigating shootings that left 2 dead overnight
Tacoma police are investigating two shootings that occurred Sunday night and early Monday morning that left a teenage boy and a man dead.
The first shooting was reported at about 9:15 p.m. when police responded to a shooting victim in the 9100 block of South Alaska Street, according to a tweet from the Tacoma Police Department. When officers arrived, a teenage boy was found unresponsive in the street and CPR was started.
The victim was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. He has not been identified.
A second shooting was reported at about 12:24 a.m. Monday when South Sound 911 received multiple reports of gunshots in the 1800 block of South 93rd Street.
There, officers found an unresponsive man inside a vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment complex. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. He has not been identified.
It’s unclear what led up to either shooting. Police are continuing to investigate. The fatal shootings are the 29th and 30th homicides in the city this year.
This story was originally published December 20, 2021 at 7:27 AM.
