Tacoma police arrest man suspected in fatal shooting at residence on Hilltop

Tacoma police arrested a man Tuesday night who they suspect shot and killed a 53-year man earlier this month at a residence in the city’s Hilltop neighborhood.

A 34-year-old man was arrested at a residence in the city and booked into Pierce County Jail for investigation of second-degree murder, Tacoma Police Department announced in a news release.

He was arrested in the Jan. 17 killing of Earl J. Harris III, who was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside the front door of a home near the 800 block of South Sheridan Avenue.

Life-saving measures were started for the man at the scene, but he later died from his injuries at a local hospital.

The fatal shooting was the second homicide in the city this year.

This story was originally published January 26, 2022 at 10:07 AM.

Peter Talbot

The News Tribune

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