A Tacoma woman is suing Lyft, alleging a driver sexually assaulted her after trapping her inside his vehicle during a ride. In her lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court in January, the woman – identified in court documents as V.G. – alleges the assault occurred on July 26, 2023, after she ordered a Lyft ride…
A Tacoma family is mourning after a 19-year-old University of Michigan student was found dead following a nearly 20-hour search in extreme winter conditions. Lucas Mattson was discovered Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24, in a residential neighborhood near the college campus, according to the Ann Arbor Police Department. The Juneau, Alaska, resident and sophomore engineering student…
A man died after being shot in Tacoma, and detectives are now investigating the case as a homicide. Officers responded around 4:50 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, to the 1100 block of South I Street after receiving reports of gunfire, according to Tacoma Police. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from apparent gunshot…
Tacoma Police have impounded a vehicle believed to be involved in the hit-and-run crash that killed a Washington State Patrol trooper last week. The vehicle was located and seized within the past 24 hours, the agency revealed Tuesday, Dec. 23. Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting, 29, was struck around 7:20 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, while investigating an…
A Washington State Patrol trooper and Army veteran was killed Friday evening, Dec. 19, after being struck by a vehicle while investigating a crash on State Route 509 in Tacoma. Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting, 29, was standing outside her patrol car investigating a two-vehicle collision on the southbound side when she was struck south of the…
A Washington State Patrol sergeant was injured after a pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into his patrol vehicle in Tacoma. The crash happened around 8:50 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, on Steele Street south of 112th Street South, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the collision involved a marked…
A 2-year-old Tacoma boy has died days after first responders found him unresponsive in a downtown apartment, triggering a homicide investigation. Officers were called around 10:20 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 13 to the area of St. Helens Avenue near Division Avenue after firefighters responded to a report of a child who was not breathing, according to…
A Pierce County infant is recovering in the hospital after drinking a recalled formula that federal health officials recently linked to a nationwide infant botulism outbreak. A baby in Pierce County was diagnosed with suspected infant botulism on Thursday, Nov. 13, after consuming ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department….
A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found shot to death on a Tacoma street. Officers responded to the 2700 block of South Orchard Street at around noon Friday, Oct. 10, for reports of an unresponsive man, according to Tacoma Police. The scene is just steps from the Tacoma Lowe’s store. When officers…
Health officials say there’s no cause for alarm after traces of a rare strain of the mpox virus were detected in Pierce County wastewater. The Washington State Department of Health and University of Washington identified clade I mpox virus, also known as monkeypox, in a Pierce County wastewater sample collected Wednesday, Sept. 24. It’s the…
