TACOMA, Wash. — A homicide suspect is in critical condition and a police K9 was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Tacoma Thursday morning. The Washington State Patrol and the Lakewood Police ...

Tacoma police officers recently seized the largest-ever amount of crystal methamphetamine in the department’s history as part of an ongoing investigation into a suspected drug trafficker who traveled ...

A dead man was found with stab wounds in a Tacoma home Thursday, prompting a Tacoma Police Department (TPD) homicide investigation, TPD announced. At approximately 3:30 p.m., law enforcement responded ...

The Tacoma City Council approved a $50,000 signing bonus program to recruit Washington police officers making lateral moves, hoping to fill roughly 30 vacancies in the department. The incentive ...

A community member brought a World War II-era grenade into Tacoma police headquarters this week. Police say the person meant well and wanted it safely handled. Officers are urging the public to call ...

Tacoma police believe a second vehicle hit a Washington State Patrol trooper who died Friday night on Highway 509. Officials said Saturday that Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting, 29, was struck and killed in ...

The second vehicle that may have fatally struck a Washington State Patrol trooper in Tacoma Friday night before driving off was impounded, according to police. Officers were dispatched to the on-ramp ...

At least one person is dead following a crash along a busy Tacoma roadway on Monday. Authorities announced hours of traffic closures to investigate the scene.

A fatal shooting occurred in Tacoma in the early hours of New Year's Day, the Tacoma Police Department confirmed.

Jose Martinez, 39, was reported missing by the Washington State Patrol Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. He was last seen Sept. 15 at Allenmore Hospital in Tacoma. Washington State Patrol Screengrab A ...