Man found fatally shot in Tacoma identified. No arrests made, police say
A man who was found fatally shot in Tacoma on Sunday has been identified as 53-year-old Johnny Van Nguyen, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Nguyen died from multiple gunshot wounds as a result of a homicide, the office wrote on its public information portal. Nguyen was presumed to be homeless.
Officers were dispatched at about 9:40 a.m. to the 1200 block of South I Street for an unresponsive male. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene after police and Tacoma Fire Department personnel arrived, according to a Tacoma Police Department news release.
As of Thursday, no arrests had been made, according to TPD spokesperson officer Shelbie Boyd.
It is the second homicide in Tacoma in 2026.
Puneet Bsanti
The News Tribune