27-02-2025
A man was shot after approaching alleged vehicle prowlers. Police have third teen in custody
Tacoma Police arrested a third suspect Wednesday in a case officers are investigating as a homicide, after a man was fatally shot Jan. 9 on a residential street in Tacoma's North End.
Officers were dispatched to the 4800 block of North 18th Street at about 2:30 a.m. Jan. 9 after a report of gunfire and a man lying in the street, whom they found suffering several gunshot wounds, The News Tribune reported. Police and Tacoma Fire personnel attempted life-saving measures but the man was declared dead at the scene. Crime scene technicians and detectives responded to the scene and opened an investigation.
The victim was later identified as James Marsh, 53, of Tacoma, according to a release from the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office.
Police booked the third suspect, an 18-year-old man, into the Pierce County Jail Wednesday, according to the department's post on X. He joins another 18-year-old man whom officers booked into the jail Jan. 14, and a 17-year-old boy whom officers booked into Remann Hall Jan. 10. All three are suspected of murder in the second degree, the post said.
Elijah Alexander Andrews, whom officers arrested Jan. 14, was charged in Pierce County Superior Court Jan. 15 with two counts of second-degree murder, The News Tribune reported. A plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf. The judge in the case ordered that the 17-year-old's name not be publicly released while the investigation is ongoing.
The News Tribune is not naming the third suspect because he hasn't yet been charged with a crime.
The News Tribune also reported based on court records that surveillance footage showed a person thought to be Marsh walking toward two people who were looking into and touching vehicles near his home, including his Land Rover Range Rover, on Jan. 9. It appeared that a third suspect was allegedly involved, prosecutors wrote in the probable cause affidavit.
Detectives also learned that several vehicle prowls were reported in the area just before the homicide, according to court documents.
The investigation is ongoing, according to the post. It requests anyone with information to contact Tacoma Police or Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce County.
