TACOMA, Wash. — Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 35-year-old man with second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of another man on Jul. 8.
Officers were called at 5 p.m. to the lobby of the Winthrop Apartment building in the 700 block of Commerce Street.
When officers arrived, they found a man, 44, who had been stabbed and started lifesaving measures.
Police said after they identified a suspect in the stabbing, a 35-year-old emerged from an apartment and turned himself in. That suspect is Raymond Alan Manues.
The victim was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, law enforcement said.
KIRO 7 spoke with a woman who lives at the Winthrop Apartments. She claimed to know both the suspect and the victim.
“I saw the aftermath of it. I came outside and saw them doing CPR on the gentlemen, so I went up and got my ex and came back down and, ugh, it sucked,” said the woman, who identified herself only as Cathy.
“I’m just glad that [the suspect] turned himself in,” Cathy said. “I never would have thought that [the suspect] could have actually did what he did, but something snapped,” she continued.
The motive for the stabbing is not yet known.