TACOMA, Wash. — Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Tacoma Police Department officers responded to the 1100 block of Commerce Street for reports of gunshots in the area.
On arrival, the officers found a boy suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds. In a statement Sunday, the department said officers began lifesaving measures, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives and crime scene technicians are responding to the scene and will be investigating this as a homicide.
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