Woman killed her boyfriend with a pellet rifle, Pierce County sheriff’s deputies report
A 51-year-old man was shot to death with a pellet rifle in Graham on Wednesday.
Pierce County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 6:35 p.m. to a call of a shooting at a home off of 252nd Street East and 52nd Avenue East. They found the man deceased outside, the department posted on Facebook.
Deputies were told that the victim’s 49-year-old girlfriend had shot her boyfriend with a pellet gun. She was arrested and booked into Pierce County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder.
The Medical Examiner’s Office arrived to help with the investigation as detectives and forensic investigators retrieved the pellet gun and other evidence, the post said.
This story was originally published May 2, 2024 at 8:52 AM.
Puneet Bsanti
The News Tribune