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Tacoma police investigating homicide after man found dead in truck in Stadium District

Tacoma police are investigating a homicide Friday morning after an officer found a man dead inside a vehicle parked on North D Street near North Stadium Way
Tacoma police are investigating a homicide Friday morning after an officer found a man dead inside a vehicle parked on North D Street near North Stadium Way Tacoma Police Department

Tacoma police are investigating a homicide Friday morning after an officer found a man dead inside a stolen vehicle in the Stadium District.

At about 9:15 a.m., a Tacoma Police Department officer saw a 2016 Ford F150 parked on North D Street near North Stadium Way, according to a news release from the department. The truck was reported stolen Dec. 19.

Backup officers arrived, and when officers looked in the vehicle, they found a man dead inside. He has not been identified.

Detectives and crime scene technicians were on the scene Friday morning.

This story was originally published December 31, 2021 at 12:32 PM.

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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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