Crime & Safety

Woman Found Dead In Car, Police Investigating

Tacoma Police are investigating after a woman was found shot and killed inside a vehicle early Monday morning.

TACOMA, WA β€” The Tacoma Police Department has opened an investigation after a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound inside a parked car early Monday morning.

The investigation began just before 4 a.m., when officers received a call reporting that someone had been shot in the 4900 block of S Burlington Way.

Once there, officers quickly found a woman, dead inside a vehicle nearby. Little else about the crime has been released, though officers say they are investigating the shooting as a homicide, and that detectives and crime scene technicians were called in to scour the scene for more information.

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