Tacoma hits grim milestone with 40th homicide of 2022

Tacoma has now seen 40 homicides in all of 2022 and there are still five weeks to go.

Tacoma Police say officers were called to the 2400 block of East M Street around 11:30 p.m. Monday night.

At 11:31 pm officers were dispatched to 2400 east M St for a possible shooting. Officers arrived, located a male with a gunshot wound, and started life saving measures. TFD arrived and pronounded the male deceased. Detectives are on scene. This is being investigated as a homicide pic.twitter.com/IViGu5joIx

— Tacoma Police Department (@TacomaPD) November 22, 2022

It was there that officers found a man in his 30s with a gunshot wound.

Life-saving efforts were administered by Tacoma Fire & Rescue, but the man was pronounced dead on the scene.

“We do have detectives out and they are working vigilantly to find the shooter,” said Shelbie Boyd with the Tacoma Police Department.

Police did not say or do not know what led up to the shooting.

This was the third Tacoma homicide in the last 24 hours.

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“The entire country has been seeing an uptick in homicides and we are no exception,” Boyd told KIRO Newsradio.

“It’s got to stop,” one resident told KIRO 7 News. “It’s not fair to the people living here.”

Tacoma police are asking for the public’s help, but details about what happened are sparse.

“Always reach out if you know anything about a crime,” Boyd said. “You never know if it is the needed detail to put the pieces together.”