Crime

Police investigating death of 42-year-old woman in Tacoma Saturday night as homicide

Police said they’re investigating the death of a 42-year-old woman in Tacoma Saturday night as a homicide.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting about 8:50 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Hosmer Street and found the woman unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a vehicle.

“They immediately started life-saving measures,” a Tacoma police news release said. “The victim was pronounced deceased on scene by Tacoma Fire Department personnel.”

Police also responded to a shooting about 11:55 p.m. Saturday in the 1700 block of South 36th Street. In that case, police said someone shot into a home multiple times and hit a 44-year-old woman inside. She was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening, police said.

This story was originally published July 24, 2022 at 9:10 AM.

Alexis Krell
The News Tribune
Alexis Krell edits coverage of Washington state government, Olympia, Thurston County and suburban and rural Pierce County. She started working in the Olympia statehouse bureau as an intern in 2012. Then she covered crime and breaking news as the night reporter at The News Tribune. She started covering courts in 2016 and began editing in 2021.
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