Police found a man shot to death in Tacoma's Old Town neighborhood, not far from the city's waterfront along Commencement Bay.Shortly after 2 a.m. on Friday, Ta
Police found a man shot to death in Tacoma's Old Town neighborhood, not far from the city's waterfront along Commencement Bay.
Shortly after 2 a.m. on Friday, Tacoma Police Department (TPD) officers were dispatched to a parking lot on North 30th Street near McCarver Street for a report of a shooting.
Arriving officers found a man with apparent gunshot wounds in the parking lot.
Police described the area as a gathering with a lot of people and cars. Police are working to determine if the shooting was related to reports of street racers in the area earlier in the evening.
Crime scene tape cordoned off the area of the shooting on Aug. 7, 2026. (KOMO)Officers and medics tried to save the victim's life, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
TPD detectives and crime scene technicians are investigating the shooting as a homicide.
While investigators were on scene, Tacoma police were notified by a hospital that a gunshot wound victim had arrived.
Police determined that the man with the gunshot wound at the hospital is one of the suspects in the Old Town shooting.
Once cleared out of the hospital, that man was booked into jail for murder in the first degree and robbery in the first degree, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911.
