Police investigate shooting outside of Tacoma encampment
TACOMA, Wash. - Police are investigating a shooting that happened outside a homeless encampment in Tacoma Wednesday morning.
According to the Tacoma Police Department (TPD), at 5:34 a.m., police responded to reports of a shooting near Puyallup Ave. and E M St.
The TPD says someone inside a car and another person at the encampment exchanged multiple rounds of gunfire. Authorities say nobody was hurt.
The 33-year-old man from the encampment was arrested on a warrant for first-degree assault.
Authorities say they located the suspect vehicle, which is now being held for a search warrant.
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