One person dead, another wounded after shooting at Tacoma hospital
Aug 6, 2025, 8:51 PM | Updated: Aug 7, 2025, 5:38 am
Tacoma Police outside of MultiCare Allenmore Hospital after a shooting broke out Wednesday night. (Photo courtesy of 成人X站 7)
(Photo courtesy of 成人X站 7)
One person is dead after a shooting occurred at the in Tacoma Wednesday night.
The shooting happened within an emergency room at the hospital sometime after 7 p.m. Wednesday. According to the Tacoma Police Department, officers believe the shooting was targeted. A woman and her boyfriend were allegedly involved in a fight with someone outside of the hospital before the person followed the couple into the emergency room and opened fire.
The woman, 21, had a bullet graze her. Her boyfriend was killed in the shooting.
“I know that she鈥檚 pretty shaken up because her boyfriend, I guess, like, pushed her out of the way, so she just watched him get shot pretty bad,” the woman’s uncle told . “I鈥檓 more worried about her mental and emotional state right now, more than anything.”
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital released a statement following the shooting.
“MultiCare Allenmore Hospital is currently on restricted access due to an incident in the emergency department (ED),” the hospital stated. “The ED is open for walk-in patients. Restricted access doesn鈥檛 allow for any visitors at this time. Tacoma Police are on-site investigating the incident. One person died as a result of this incident. All MultiCare staff are safe and unharmed.”
The emergency department will remain open for walk-ins, while the waiting room will stay closed due to a police investigation.
No suspect has been taken into custody for the shooting, as of this reporting. Detectives are actively investigating this incident as a homicide. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Tacoma Police Department.
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