Bar fight leads to shots fired by suspect, Tacoma officer

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TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma police officer fired shots during a confrontation with a suspect at a bar late Wednesday.

Shortly before 11 p.m. on Wednesday, South Sound 911 received a call about a fight at The Office Bar and Grill on Pacific Avenue near South Eighth Street. A caller told emergency dispatchers that a man had fired a gun inside the bar, according to Tacoma police.

When officers arrived and confronted the man, an officer fired his weapon, but no one was hit by the gunfire.

Both a criminal and administrative investigation into the shots fired will be handled by Tacoma police.

The man was taken into custody.