Police arrest woman in Tacoma homicide investigation

TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma police are investigating the death of a man found early Monday morning on East 25th Street as a homicide, according to the Tacoma Police Department.

Officers responded to the 1200 block of East 25th Street shortly before 5 a.m. after receiving a report of a possible deceased person.

Upon arrival, they found an unresponsive 50-year-old man and immediately attempted life-saving measures. The Tacoma Fire Department soon arrived and pronounced the man dead at the scene.

On Wednesday, the Tacoma Police Department announced that an arrest had been made in the investigation.

The suspect, a 42-year-old woman, was arrested without incident at around noon in the 1500 block of East 26th Street. Detectives say they had established probable cause to arrest the woman for first-degree murder.

Also on Wednesday, the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the identity of the deceased man as 50-year-old James Wilkinson. According to PCME, the cause of death was a ‘gunshot wound of the chest’, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.

Tacoma PD says that this case remains an active investigation.

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