Two Pierce County deputies shot and killed an armed man wearing body armor in Tacoma Monday night.
Deputies stopped a group of “suspicious” people at a smoke shop on 72nd Street East just after 1 a.m. Monday. The smoke shop had previously been a victim of multiple burglaries.Officers eventually discovered that one person in the group had a felony warrant. By 1:44 a.m., the suspect took off running alongside railroad tracks, gun in hand. Just a minute later,Despite CPR and life-saving efforts from deputies, the suspect died at the scene. The suspect was a male approximately 35 to 40 years old.
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