A 21-year-old man wanted in connection with an August Tacoma homicide has been arrested in Atlanta, Georgia.
On Aug. 27 around 12:12 a.m., Tacoma police responded to an area hospital after being notified that someone came in with a gunshot wound.
That victim died at the hospital.
Over the course of the investigation, detectives learned that the shooting happened on E 68th St., just up the road from the Dollar Tree on Portland Ave. E, according to Tacoma PD.
On Oct. 2, the FBI Violent Crime Task Force in Atlanta located and arrested the 21-year-old suspect.
He is expected to be extradited to Pierce County soon.
The investigation is ongoing.
If you have information, call the Tacoma Police Department at (253) 287-4455.
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