Tacoma police arrest suspect for homicide of man found wrapped in tarp downtown
Tacoma police on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of killing a 30-year-old man whose body was found in January wrapped in a tarp downtown.
The homicide suspect, a 30-year-old man, was booked into jail on suspicion of second-degree murder, Tacoma Police Department said in a news release.
He is suspected of killing Jeremy Tomlinson, who was found dead Jan. 6 in the 200 block of East 23rd Street.
The victim was found near a homeless encampment after South Sound 911 dispatchers received a report of a body wrapped in a tarp in that area.
Police did not immediately suspect that Tomlinson was a homicide victim. Days after his body was found, the Pierce County medical examiner found that the man died of gunshots to the face and thigh, and police launched a homicide investigation.
This story was originally published April 28, 2022 at 7:37 AM.
