Person found with gunshot wound to foot on bridge, Tacoma WA

Weapons

Reported: 10/23/2025 01:27 PM

N Yakima Ave, Tacoma, WA

A person was found on the Yakima Avenue Bridge in Tacoma with a gunshot wound to the foot. The victim is not cooperating with responders. Police and emergency crews arrived to assist.

Audio|Source: Tacoma Police Dispatch - North

03:9

Transcript:

00:00

Reference the shooting call. The gout keeps calling back. Can you take a look and advise if we need to do anything else with this?

00:08

Thank you.

00:10

Section 257.

00:16

1545 to the units that responded. Anybody check underneath the bridges on like Center Street.

00:24

So yes, sir, that came in that way. Nobody flag me down and then circled it. Still, no one flag me down.

00:34

Receive. Unless this person is going to give us more information and stop discussing out the call officer, we're going to clear it for now.

00:40

Okay.

00:48

10245[1], I don't know, I don't have a name yet, but it sounds like we have a new caller that says the victim is currently on the Yakima Avenue Bridge in all black clothing.

01:01

We'll do another drive for your problem so start that way.

01:05

Okay.

01:08

And Paul 158, can you start back that way?

01:11

Paul 158.

01:14

1320.

01:16

All right, 454.

01:19

Rank 454.

01:21

We're arriving on that, one down on the ground.

01:25

Flood parade traffic, one down on the ground, confirming you're at the bridge?

01:29

Right.

01:31

We say we have pride traffic, 4229.

01:37

The other flight for.

01:40

Fire, can come in, please.

01:44

Is that sent fire in?

01:48

I guess we're arriving actually, one second we get up the guys too.

01:56

Your coverage fire is arriving.

02:07

Your traffic at the Yakima Avenue Bridge 3,000, Yakima Avenue 1330.

02:25

454-cancet-cancet-cancet-cancet.

02:29

All right-chiffy 1331.

02:33

Paul 402, right?

02:36

Paul 402, 1331.

02:37

Information to Dr. Reckos vehicle eastbound South 19 from South Orchard, a gray, Subaru, SUV, 232, nor George Boy.

02:44

The information of 1332.

02:50

9.454 Caddata, engine 2.

02:54

Engine 2.33.

03:00

M2.45. As an update, she apparently has a gunshot wound to the foot, but is not cooperative.

03:07

Thank you for a 533.306.

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[1]

245: Assault with a deadly weapon

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