Overview
- Deputies were dispatched around 8:40–8:47 a.m. for a reported no-contact order violation that was not legally enforceable because it had not been served.
- Witnesses began reporting a man stabbing people outside a home around 9:30 a.m., and a lone deputy arrived and fired at 9:33 a.m., killing the 32-year-old suspect.
- Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene and a fourth died at a hospital, bringing the death toll to five including the suspect.
- The Pierce County Force Investigation Team has taken over the case, and officials have not released the identities of the victims or the suspect or confirmed their relationships.
- Court records link the address to a woman who obtained a one-year protection order in May 2025 against her 32-year-old son, citing mental-health and substance-abuse concerns and prior threats.