The state is investigating after a man was killed while Tacoma police officers were responding to a domestic assault call over the weekend.
Officers first responded to an address along South Stevens Street near Jefferson Park in Tacoma shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday.
Police have provided very little about what happened next, but they say a call of “shots fired” came out just before 4 p.m., and told KIRO 7 at the time that at least one man was injured.
“At that point, officers rendered aid to an adult male suspect. Tacoma Fire Department arrived shortly thereafter and pronounced the male deceased at the scene,” reported Tacoma Police Department’s Public Information Officer, Shelbie Boyd.
Boyd says no officers were harmed. Only one officer opened fire and has been placed on leave, which is standard procedure.
There is no additional information Sunday evening about the domestic call that led up to the shooting.
The Office of Independent Investigation (OII) will be investigating the use of deadly force in this case. The county prosecutor will then use the OII findings for their charging decision.
The state legislature created the OII in 2021 to allow the state to run independent reviews of police shootings. Boyd says this is the first time it’s been used in Tacoma.
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