Crime & Safety
Tacoma Police Investigate Fatal Shooting
A man was shot dead in Tacoma Wednesday night, and police want the public to come forward with information.
TACOMA, WA — The Tacoma Police Department is investigating a shooting in the 300 block of East 26th Street Wednesday night.
A release from the department says they were called to the area around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on a shots fired call. They arrived to find a man unresponsive on the ground.
Police began CPR and called Tacoma Fire Department medics, but the man died.
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Detectives and forensics teams were called to the scene to investigate.
The victim's identity is unknown. Anybody with information is asked to call Tacoma police.
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