Tacoma police arrest murder suspect in fatal shooting of man found dead on Hilltop
Tacoma police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the December murder of a 30-year-old man found dead with a gunshot wound in the city’s Hilltop neighborhood, the Police Department announced.
A 22-year-old man was arrested for the killing of Mason Hall, who was found the morning of Dec. 12 lying near a power substation in the 1100 block of Cushman Avenue. Police previously said detectives believe he was shot at about 8:35 p.m. the previous day.
It’s unclear how the man arrested Wednesday was identified as a suspect in Hall’s murder. In a news release, Tacoma Police Department said detectives and crime scene technicians identified a suspect and developed probable cause for his arrest. The man was seen by detectives and patrol officers in a vehicle in Tacoma on Wednesday afternoon, and police said he was taken into custody without incident.
According to Pierce County Jail records, the suspect was booked into jail at about 4:51 p.m. for investigation of second-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault.
Police spokesperson Wendy Haddow said the assault offenses stemmed from two shootings in December not related to Hall’s murder. She said the first was a Dec. 11 shooting reported at about 11:55 p.m. at a grocery in the 4000 block of Center Street where a man was shot in the chest. The second was a Dec. 14 shooting on North Pearl street near state Route 16 that wounded a 37-year-old walking in the area that afternoon.
This story was originally published January 13, 2023 at 9:30 AM.
