Matt Driscoll: Puyallup homeless shelter won t fix everything, but it does provide a reason for hope
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2/10/2021 Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Feb. 10 In Puyallup, any sign of progress however small is a welcome one.
For years, the city has steadfastly refused to acknowledge that homelessness is a societal problem that it, too, has an obligation to help solve. While Tacoma has declared a state of emergency and the county has sought to increase shelter beds and the availability of mental health services, many in Puyallup have clung to a Mayberry-like insistence that the homeless crisis isn t the sort of thing they should have to deal with.
Gwinnett police are looking into the murder of a man who was shot at an extended stay hotel in Peachtree Corners Sunday morning.
Cpl. Michele Pihera said officers were called to the HomeTowne Suites, located at 7049 Jimmy Carter Boulevard, just before 8 a.m., on a call about a person being shot there. The victim, identified as 41-year-old College Park resident Quantez Williams, was found in a room in the hotelâs 300 Building.
âInvestigators believe that there were two men originally staying in the room. At some point, those men called a woman,â Pihera said. âShe arrived at an unknown time. Earlier this morning, that woman called another man to the room. That man arrived with another woman.