Student Shot to Death at Tacoma's Foss High

In a hallway, at about 7:30am. Witnesses say they heard three shots. Police caught the suspected shooter two hours later, about a quarter of a mile away. The dead student's name hasn't been released, and it's unclear what the shooter's motive is, or if the shooter is a student there as well.

The Tacoma News Tribune interviewed a parent:

Valerie Marshall, whose son attends Foss, said the violence wasn’t a surprise. Gang activity has been on the upswing at the school, Marshall said.

“You know what’s sad: My son’s 15 and he wants to save up for a bulletproof vest,” she said.



UPDATE: The AP is reporting that the student was caught a couple of miles from the school, and cops are unsure "how he got that far." But the News-Tribune report says he was caught in the 4500 block of South 16th Street--Foss High looks to be about a quarter of a mile south of that.

[Foss High School website]

[Tacoma News Tribune story]

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“You know what’s sad: My son’s 15 and he wants to save up for a bulletproof vest,” she said.

LOL yeah because he is a gangster.

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