Tacoma police chief says education is key to ensure racial profiling doesn't happen

When it comes to improving safety in Tacoma, the city’s police chief knows there is a right way and a wrong way to go about police business. This is especially true when it comes to race and its relevance, or lack thereof, in crime fighting.

3 cars involved in Lakewood carport fire

Fire officials are investigating what caused a fire under a carport in Lakewood Thursday night. 

WSP looking for highway drive-by shooting suspect

Washington State Patrol (WSP) is looking for a man accused of shooting at another driver while on a highway in Spanaway.

Large fire burned at recycling yard in Pacific near SR 167

Firefighters were called to a large fire Thursday afternoon at a recycling yard off of State Route 167 in Pacific, Washington.

Deputies sweep notorious homeless encampment in Parkland

Pierce County deputies swept a notorious homeless encampment in Parkland and made several arrests last week.

Missing teen charged with murder blames victim's 'biker buddies' for burglary gone wrong, court docs say

Two 16-year-olds face murder and burglary charges as newly obtained court documents connect the well-publicized ‘disappearance’ of one of the suspects to the slaying of a 51-year-old Pierce County man.

Missing teen charged with murder blames victim's 'biker buddies' for burglary gone wrong, court docs say
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Two 16-year-olds face murder and burglary charges as newly obtained court documents connect the well-publicized ?disappearance? of one of the suspects to the slaying of a 51-year-old Pierce County man. That disappearance was a sham, according to investigators, who also say the teen ? Gabriel Davies ? was intimately familiar with the victim, Daniel McCaw: detectives learned that McCaw had previously been in a relationship with the Davies? mother. As for a motive, the documents drop another bomb-shell allegation: Davies is claiming this all started with a threat from members of an "outlaw motorcycle club."

Tacoma sees back-to-back years of record number of homicides

Monday, Tacoma reached 34 homicides for the year. It ties the record for the most the city has seen, and there is still four months left in 2022.

Man found shot dead in Tacoma street

Police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in a Tacoma street early Monday morning.

Man found shot dead in Tacoma street
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Police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in a Tacoma street early Monday morning.

Washington school buses undergo annual inspection

Washington State Patrol inspects school buses in every school district in Washington annually before the school year, and FOX 13 pulled the bus inspection recap reports for the 10 largest school districts in Western Washington.