Tacoma police officer shoots murder suspect in Lakewood following car chase
A Tacoma Police Department officer shot a man in Lakewood on Tuesday afternoon while trying to arrest him for investigation of first-degree murder.
The man shot by police was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, according to a news release from the Pierce County Force Investigation Team. No officers were injured.
The man, who has not been identified, was wanted for the Feb. 7 death of Joshua Ferrell, according to Pierce County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Sgt. Darren Moss. Ferrell died from a gunshot wound to the shoulder after someone dropped him off at a local hospital.
Ferrell was shot in the 8800 block of South Hosmer Street in the city’s South End, according to Tacoma Police.
On Tuesday, police were trying to apprehend the suspect in Ferrell’s homicide just before noon in the 8700 block of South Hosmer Street, according to the release. TPD officers had an arrest warrant.
The man fled and crashed his vehicle into several parked cars while leaving a parking lot. Police pursued him beyond the city limits into Pierce County, where he hit another vehicle at the intersection of 96th Street South and Sales Road South.
Police continued to pursue the man into Lakewood along South Tacoma Way, where he crashed into two more vehicles where the road intersects with 88th Street South. Shortly after that collision, police shot the man.
Officers performed first aid on him and called for fire crews to assist before he was taken to a hospital.
The Pierce County Force Investigation Team was on the scene Tuesday looking into the shooting. PCFIT investigates all police uses of deadly force in the county. The police officer has not been identified.
This story was originally published February 15, 2022 at 3:01 PM.
