UPDATE: Tacoma police investigating homicide after woman found dead; son arrested
Police are investigating a homicide Wednesday morning after officers found a 66-year-old woman dead inside her Central Tacoma residence. Police went there after she called 911.
Officers responded to the home in the 800 block of South Anderson Street at about 6:43 a.m. , Tacoma Police Department said in a news release. Police said the woman called asking for help for her son, who she said was having a mental health crisis.
Ten minutes later, police radioed that they weren’t getting an answer at the door, a spokesperson said. Officers had circled the residence, and a woman was seen on the floor inside. Police forced their way in and rendered aid to the woman, but she was declared dead at the scene.
No one else was found inside the home. TPD spokesperson Wendy Haddow said officers searched the area but did not find a suspect. Police didn’t disclose how the victim appeared to have been killed.
Police tweeted Wednesday afternoon that the son had been located and arrested.
“Just after 1:30 p.m. this afternoon, officers observed the victim’s son in the 1100 block of Pacific Ave. The male was detained and interviewed by detectives. The 31-yr-old male was booked into jail for Murder First Degree Domestic Violence,” according to the tweet.
Detectives and crime scene technicians responded to investigate.
The homicide was the fourth reported in the city so far this year, and the fifth across Pierce County. At this time last year, Tacoma had four reported homicides, and the county total was 13.
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