Crime

Shooting outside Tacoma convenience store seriously injures 2 men, police say

A shooting early Friday morning outside a convenience store in Tacoma’s South End put two men in the hospital with serious injuries, according to police.

Tacoma Police Department is investigating the shooting, which occurred just before 1 a.m. in the 9500 block of Steele Street South, outside a 7-Eleven. Department spokesperson, Officer Shelbie Boyd, said the men who were shot were in their 30s, and that their injuries were not life-threatening.

Police did not have information on how many people were involved in the shooting, and it’s unclear what led up to it.

Boyd said police were still working the crime scene at about 4 a.m.

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
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