SPANAWAY, Wash. — A plumber was shot and killed in Spanaway while sitting in his truck Monday night after an argument about hitting a homeowner’s gate, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
At 8:09 p.m., dispatchers received a call about shots fired at a home in the 1000 block of Military Road East. About 15 minutes later, the same person called again and said they could see a body in a truck in front of the house where the shots had been fired.
Deputies arrived to find the homeowner inside the pickup. As deputies approached, the man went inside his home.
A man with gunshot wounds was found inside the truck. Deputies removed him from the truck and gave him first aid until medics from Central Pierce Fire & Rescue arrived and pronounced him dead.
When deputies called out to the man, he came outside and surrendered.
Detectives said the investigation revealed the homeowner had called a plumber, and when the plumber arrived, the homeowner accused him of hitting his gate.
The 40-year-old plumber was shot while sitting in the driver’s seat of his vehicle.
Following the shooting, the homeowner took his guns to a neighbor’s home for safekeeping. Deputies said they recovered six guns from the neighbor’s house.
The 55-year-old homeowner was booked into the Pierce County Jail on first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and tampering with evidence.