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Suspect arrested in Tacoma homicide

PHOTOS: Man shot and killed in Tacoma, neighbor in custody

TACOMA, Wash. — A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a Tacoma homicide from last weekend.

According to Tacoma police, officers responded to reports of a shooting on East Q Street near Swan Creek Park on Sunday evening.

When they arrived, they found a man and a woman who had been shot. Both were taken to the hospital, but the man later died from his injuries.

Police say that while investigating, detectives established probable cause for a suspect. Then, on Tuesday, April 29, with help from the Lakewood Police Department, a 26-year-old man was arrested.

He has been booked into the Pierce County Jail for first-degree murder.

This is Tacoma’s tenth homicide case of the year, resulting in eleven victims.

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