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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, December 31, 2020
SEATTLE (AP) - At least two new law enforcement officers have been identified as having participated in restraining Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after his airways were restricted in March.
The new records were released by the Washington State Patrol on Wednesday. They identified an off-duty sheriff’s sergeant who helped shove Ellis’ leg to hogtie him while he was handcuffed and prone on the ground and a fifth Tacoma police officer who placed a spit guard over Ellis’ head after he had complained that he could not breathe, the Seattle Times reported.
Stacia Glenn: Teen girl killed after car shears power pole in Tacoma and catches fire is identified
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 12/25/2020 Stacia Glenn, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Dec. 24 Officials have identified a teenage girl who died when the car she was riding in sheared a power pole in Tacoma, flipped and caught fire.
Hannah Elizabeth Lindemeier, 16, of Kent, died of blunt head trauma, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner s Office.
She was one of four teens in the car when it crashed about 1:15 a.m. Sunday in the 4400 block of Marine View Drive.
The driver, an 18-year-old man, is suspected of driving under the influence of marijuana and speeding. He sustained minor injuries and has since been released from the hospital.
Stacia Glenn: Pedestrian hit, killed by van on SR 16 on-ramp in Gig Harbor been identified
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 12/24/2020 Stacia Glenn, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Dec. 23 A pedestrian hit and killed by a car while crossing state Route 16 in Gig Harbor earlier this month has been identified.
Rick Joseph Abraham, 62, of Port Orchard, died of multiple blunt impact injuries, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner s Office.
He died Dec. 10 after being struck by a van.
Abraham was walking east on the shoulder of Route 16 s on-ramp from Burnham Drive when he crossed the lanes and was hit, the Washington State Patrol said.
CAPTURED: Tacoma Police arrest suspect in deadly shooting of Tony Haggard article
CAPTURE UPDATE December 18, 2020 - Tacoma Police have made an arrest in the deadly shooting of 48-year-old Steven Tony Haggard in March.
26-year-old Tyrice Hall was arrested on Thursday, December 17th, and booked into the Pierce County Jail.
The Pierce County Prosecutor s Office has charged Hall with 1st Degree Murder.
He is being held on a $1,500,000 bond.
Man wanted for shooting, killing father of 3 outside of Tacoma Jack in the Box
Man wanted for shooting, killing father of 3 outside of Tacoma Jack in the Box Original story March 13, 2020 -
Stacia Glenn: 3 months after a man was found dead in a Tacoma parking lot, it s ruled a homicide
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 12/17/2020 Stacia Glenn, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Dec. 17 The death of a man in a Tacoma parking lot three months ago was ruled a homicide this week, police said.
About 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 18, a passerby flagged down a police officer to report finding a man who was unresponsive. The man, later identified as 59-year-old Richard Piel, was found in a parking lot on Puyallup Avenue underneath the Interstate 705 overpass.
Although both the passerby and officer performed CPR on Piel, he was pronounced dead at the scene.