Police investigate deadly Tacoma shooting

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Police investigate deadly shooting in Tacoma

Tacoma police are investigating a deadly shooting near 1400 Earnest S Brazill Street.

A man is dead after a shooting overnight in Tacoma, police aid. 

After midnight Tuesday, officers responded to a report of a shooting near 1400 Earnest S Brazill Street. 

When police arrived at the scene they found a man with a gunshot wound and started life-saving measures. 

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When medics arrived, he was pronounced dead at the scene. 

It's unknown what led up to the shooting. 

Tacoma police said this shooting will be investigated as a homicide.

Officers were aware that a possible suspect was still in the area and officers established probable cause, located the suspect and arrested him. He was booked into the Pierce County Jail. 
 

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