Man arrested in connection with deadly shooting of a woman in Spanaway
Deputies arrest suspect in Spanaway homicide
Pierce County deputies arrested a man in connection to the deadly shooting of a 28-year-old woman, who was found on the side of the road.
SPANAWAY, Wash. - The Pierce County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for murder after a woman was found shot to death on the side of a road in Spanaway.
Before 10 p.m. on Oct. 12, a person called 911 to report they found a body laying on the side of the roadway on 208th Street and Mountain Highway East.
When crews arrived, they found a woman who had been shot. Paramedics performed life-saving measures, but she was declared dead at the scene, deputies said.
The victim was later identified as 28-year-old Krystal Storm LeBoeuf. She died of multiple gunshot wounds.
According to investigators, before 9:30 p.m., two different witnesses who drove by the scene reported the same woman was in an altercation and was standing in the roadway with a person wearing a hoodie.
On Oct. 15, a 39-year-old man was arrested in Tacoma in connection to the woman's death.
He was booked into the Pierce County Jail for first-degree murder.
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