34-year-old woman identified as second person killed in The Alleycat shooting in Tacoma
A woman who was one of two victims killed during a shooting at a Tacoma bar last week has been identified.
Monic Swan, 34, died from multiple gunshot wounds on Nov. 5 at The Alleycat bar on 6th Avenue. Her manner of death was a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Swan was shot during the early-morning hours at the bar and died at a local hospital from her injuries. The first victim who was identified, James Reha, also died from multiple gunshot wounds that day. Three other people were shot and left with non-life-threatening injuries, a previous News Tribune story reported.
Alante Bryan Peterson surrendered to Tacoma Police Department officers that afternoon. He was charged with two counts of aggravated first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree assault. Peterson is being held on a $4 million bail at Pierce County Jail.
Witnesses told police that an argument broke out between two men when one of them pulled out a gun and fired at the other man, hitting someone who was standing nearby. The shooter then started firing into the Sixth Avenue bar “indiscriminately,” the story reported.
A GoFundMe was set up last week to help Swan’s family with funeral costs. Close to $13,000 was raised.
