Man killed in ‘random’ Lakewood Towne Center shooting has been identified
A 38-year-old man killed this month at Lakewood Towne Center in what Pierce County prosecutors described as a random shooting has been identified by the medical examiner.
Sean Gorr of Lakewood died March 9 of multiple gunshot wounds, the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office said last week. According to a news release, Gorr’s death was ruled a homicide. It was the first killing reported this year in Lakewood and the 10th homicide in Pierce County.
A man was arrested on suspicion of killing Gorr shortly after the shooting, which was reported at about 3 p.m. in the parking lot of a Target. According to murder charges filed against the 22-year-old suspect, Gorr was shot when he walked toward the other man. Surveillance video allegedly showed no physical interaction between the two before gunfire broke out. At arraignment in Superior Court, prosecutors said the gunman shot Gorr 13 to 15 times.
Lakewood Police Department officers found Gorr with gunshot wounds to his chest, back, arm and leg, according to charging documents. West Pierce Fire & Rescue transported the man to Madigan Army Medical Center, where he died shortly after arriving.
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In interviews with detectives, the murder suspect, Sarome Stabler, said he had never met or seen Gorr before, records state. He allegedly told officers at the scene he shot the man because he got scared when Gorr walked up on him.
Since the shooting, one more homicide has been recorded in Pierce County.
