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‘He was one of a kind:’ Family mourns son, brother killed in USPS facility shooting

Mar 6, 2025, 5:43 AM | Updated: 8:12 am

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PUYALLUP, Wash. — A Puyallup family is remembering 27-year-old Edward Poloka, a  on Tuesday.

Xվ 7 spoke with Poloka’s family about the tragedy. 

“In my mind, I was trying to process it like, the kind of person my brother is that shouldn’t happen,” said Kilbella Poloka.

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‘He was one of a kind:’ Family mourns son, brother killed in USPS facility shooting