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1 boy shot outside Lincoln High School in Tacoma. No arrests made, police say
Update: Tacoma Police Department spokesperson Sgt. John Correa told The News Tribune at the scene that police received multiple calls around 2:49 p.m. reporting shots heard outside Lincoln High School. More calls came in from a nearby business after a boy showed up with a gunshot wound. 'What started the argument, what started the shots, we don't know at this time,' Correa said. 'We're still investigating it.' The victim has been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Correa. Police have the scene spanning South 37th Street and South G Street closed for forensic processing and there is some traffic congestion in the area, he said. A collision down the road involved four cars, including a police vehicle enroute to the scene of the shooting and a school bus with no students onboard, according to Correa. Initial post: One boy was shot outside of Lincoln High School in Tacoma Tuesday afternoon. The shooting took place just before school ended in the 700 block of South 37th Street. The boy sustained a gunshot wound, and the status of his injuries was not immediately known, Tacoma Police Department spokesperson Sgt. John Correa told The News Tribune. Correa said it was not immediately known if the injured boy is a student at the school. The alleged shooter has not been arrested, Correa said. The cause for the shooting is being investigated. The school went into a modified lockdown as a precaution after 911 was called for the shooting. That restricted access in and out of the building, according to Tacoma Public Schools chief communications officer Tanisha Jumper in a statement. 'As this is an active investigation we have no other statement at this time. Counselor will be on site tomorrow to provide support to students and staff,' she said. While responding to the shooting, a police sergeant was involved in a crash with other cars. Correa said he 'is fine and OK' as well as the other people involved in the crash. Correa said he could not confirm how many other cars were involved in the crash. Two people were transported to a local hospital by Tacoma Fire personnel, a department spokesperson told the News Tribune. Buddy's Chicken and Waffles on South G Street posted on Instagram it closed early because its block is an active crime scene. Reporter Julia Park contributed to this story.
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28-03-2025
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Tacoma ICE detention center reported that someone escaped from custody, police say
The Tacoma Police Department responded Wednesday to the federal immigration detention center on the Tideflats after the facility reported that someone in custody escaped, according to a police spokesperson. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not confirmed whether a person detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center escaped. A spokesperson did not immediately respond Friday morning to a request for information. A representative for the GEO Group, the federal contractor that runs the facility, also has not responded to questions. Sgt. John Correa with Tacoma police said in a phone call that South Sound 911 received a call from the facility Wednesday at about 7:30 p.m. reporting that someone in custody had escaped. He said officers responded to assist in conducting an area check, but no one was located. 'Officers got to the area around 8 p.m., and about 20 minutes later they were told that the facility's resources would be taking over the matter,' Correa said. About an hour later, Correa said, someone from the facility called again asking Tacoma police to check the area of a Pilot Express gas station on Puyallup Avenue. According to Correa, no one was located. 'TPD isn't coordinating anything with the Northwest detention center into this matter,' Correa added. Reports surfaced on social media Thursday about an escape. Katie Daviscourt, a reporter with the Canadian news website The Post Millennial, posted on X that 'federal law enforcement sources' told her there had been an escape at the ICE detention center in Tacoma and that the 'escapee' was on the loose. The Post Millennial has been described as a far right website by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Media Matters for America, which describes itself on its website as a nonprofit 'dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation.' La Resistencia, a group that advocates for closing the ICE facility and ending deportations, posted Thursday to Instagram that it had received several messages informing the group that phone lines were shut down inside the facility and there was an unscheduled call for an emergency count. The group keeps in close contact with detainees inside. The facility at 1623 E. J St. has a capacity for 1,575 detainees. It holds people who are suspected of being in the country illegally or awaiting deportation. Lawyers who work in the facility and La Resistencia said this week that the population of people detained there is nearing capacity.
