Security guard who was killed during her 5th shift at Tacoma building has been identified
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 6 hrs ago Stacia Glenn, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jul. 23 A security guard who died after being severely beaten and choked at a downtown Tacoma building has been identified.
Denise Smith, 41, of Seattle, died early Sunday while working at a building in the 900 block of A Street.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner s Office has not determined a cause of death, but investigators say she was beaten for about eight minutes and choked.
A 26-year-old U.S. Army Ranger based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has been charged in the homicide.
Melvin O Brien waits in the shade in Yesler Terrace Park while his children play in the spray park during a heat wave hitting the Pacific Northwest, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Seattle. Credit: AP Photo/John Froschauer
Heat wave death toll in Washington state jumps to 112 people By
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The official death toll from Washington stateâs record-breaking heat wave jumped by 21 people Monday, as the Washington Department of Health revised its count to 112 people.
The latest update makes the early-summer heat wave the state s deadliest weather-related disaster.
Heat-related deaths were reported in 19 counties across the state, according to the Washington Department of Health, which continues to tally reports sent in from county coroners and hospitals.
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TACOMA, WA At least 23 Pierce County residents died due to the record-breaking heat wave late last month, according to the latest update from the Pierce County Medical Examiner s Office.
Prior to the Medical Examiner s Office s update Tuesday, Pierce County s reported death toll had been 13. The jump from 13 to 23 deaths is significant, but not wholly unexpected: Last week the Washington State Department of Health warned that the death toll was likely to continue rising as doctors processed data on several pending casualties that had not yet officially been given a cause of death.
The state says it will likely be a month or more before the true death toll is known.
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