Deputy shoots, kills suspect in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. - An investigation is underway after a deputy shot and killed an armed man in Tacoma Monday morning.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD), at around 1:15 a.m., deputies were with several subjects outside a smoke shop near the corner of E McKinley Ave. and 73rd St. E.
One man had a felony warrant, and he was detained by deputies.
About half an hour later, deputies said they were chasing another man from the group on the railroad tracks behind the smoke shop.
Deputies said the man had a gun in his hand and was wearing body armor. At 1:45 a.m., deputies said shots were fired.
Deputies performed CPR on the man, but he died at the scene.
No deputies were injured.
The Pierce County Force Investigation Team will lead this investigation.
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