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Woman shot and killed in Tacoma

TACOMA, Wash. — A woman was shot and killed in Tacoma on Wednesday morning, according to the Tacoma Police.

Just before 5 a.m., Tacoma police responded to a call of shots being heard at South 47th Street and South Pine Street.

When officers arrived, they found a car facing eastbound on South 47th Street that had crashed into a pole on the south side of the road.

The driver, a 42-year-old woman, was declared dead at the scene by the Tacoma Fire Department.

Detectives are investigating the incident as a homicide.