Teenage son arrested after stabbing mother’s boyfriend to death in Pierce County
Apr 30, 2025, 7:54 AM
Deputies with the Pierce County Sheriff's Office respond to a crime scene. (Photo courtesy of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office)
(Photo courtesy of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office)
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide after a teenage suspect allegedly stabbed and killed his mother’s boyfriend.
Detectives with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said the violent incident occurred at Coventry Court Apartments on the 1000 block of 76th Street Court E. in Tacoma. The mother and her boyfriend, 23, were allegedly having a dispute at approximately 1:45 a.m. when the teenage son, 16, got involved and stabbed the boyfriend multiple times.
“There hadn’t been a prior call for a domestic disturbance prior to that stabbing,” Pierce County Deputy Carly Cappetto told KIRO Newsradio. “The noise level, it’s not uncommon to have domestic disputes, so I think for a lot of people, unfortunately, if they would have heard anything, they probably would have just brushed it off as normal.”
Detectives are on scene investigating a homicide that occurred at the Coventry Court Apartments at the 1000 block of 76th St Ct E in Tacoma, unincorporated Pierce County. PIO on scene. pic.twitter.com/UicfE3LbZE
— Pierce Co Sheriff (@PierceSheriff) April 30, 2025
When officers arrived at the scene, they tried to perform life-saving efforts. The victim was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The teenage suspect was arrested and booked into Remann Hall, a juvenile detention center in Pierce County, for murder in the second degree.
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