Tacoma police investigate downtown shooting that left a teenager dead

Police tape runs across a crime scene. (Photo courtesy of KIRO 7) A shooting early Sunday in downtown Tacoma has taken a teenager’s life. They searched the area, about two blocks north of the University of Washington Tacoma campus, and found a juvenile male who looked like he had been shot.

Police officers arrived at 2:23 a.m. after reports of shots being fired in the 1100 block of Commerce Street.