SEATTLE—Dozen police held positions around a house early Thursday where a suspect accused of fatally shooting a Tacoma police officer hours earlier was believed still barricaded inside.
The officer was shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call Wednesday afternoon.
Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool said the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital after nightfall.
“We’ve suffered a great loss and I think the community has suffered a great loss. I don’t know how to put that into words,” Cool said.
Law enforcement officers gather in front of an ambulance at Tacoma General Hospital, where a Tacoma Police officer was taken after being shot while responding to a call n Tacoma, Wash on Nov. 30, 2016. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
