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Shooting in Tacoma leaves one dead inside ‘bullet riddled car’

Feb 1, 2016, 1:24 PM | Updated: 3:27 pm

Tacoma police are searching for a suspect after a person was shot to death in side their car while ...

Tacoma police are searching for a suspect after a person was shot to death in side their car while parked at a gas station. (KIRO7)

(KIRO7)

One person was killed Monday afternoon in a shooting at a Tacoma gas station near 3600 Center Street.

Tacoma police have detained a suspect after a short manhunt, but have not confirmed if they have caught the shooter.

Tacoma police focused their search for the suspect in the nearby neighborhood.

One person, described as in their 30s, has been confirmed dead inside a bullet-riddled car outside an AM-PM, according to KIRO7.

Police said the Tacoma Public Utilities building was in lockdown at 1:40 p.m. as a result of the nearby fatal shooting. Foss High School and Oakland High School were also on lockdown.

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