{"id":488691,"date":"2026-02-25T01:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/488691\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T01:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:46:09","slug":"suspect-four-victims-dead-after-stabbing-attack-in-us-state-of-washington-police-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/488691\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect, four victims dead after stabbing attack in US state of Washington | Police News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 32-year-old suspect stabbed four people to death before being shot by a sheriff\u2019s deputy near Tacoma, Washington.<\/p>\n

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A 32-year-old man in the United States has stabbed four people to death outside a home on the Key Peninsula, northwest of Tacoma, in Washington state. The suspect was later shot and killed by a Pierce County sheriff\u2019s deputy.<\/p>\n

The attack unfolded on Tuesday morning. Deputies from the Pierce County Sheriff\u2019s Office were dispatched at about 8:41am local time (16:41 GMT) following reports that the suspect had violated a no-contact order, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

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Officers obtained a copy of the no-contact order, but found it was not yet valid because it had not been served against the suspect.<\/p>\n

They left to deliver the order in person. But while officers were in transit, the 32-year-old allegedly began stabbing people outside the residence, which is located in a cul-de-sac.<\/p>\n

Multiple witnesses reported seeing the attack at approximately 9:30am (17:30 GMT). It took about three minutes for the first deputy to arrive, and shots were fired at 9:33am (17:33 GMT), according to a video statement<\/a> released by local authorities.<\/p>\n

The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Three of the stabbing victims died at the location, while a fourth was rushed to a hospital. That person later succumbed to their injuries, according to Officer Shelbie Boyd, a spokesperson for the Pierce County Force Investigation Team.<\/p>\n

The Pierce County Force Investigation Team is leading an ongoing probe into the deputy-involved shooting and the stabbings.<\/p>\n

But The Associated Press reported that the residence where the stabbing took place appeared to belong to a woman who filed for a one-year protection order against her son.<\/p>\n

She alleged that her son had made threatening remarks and suffered from mental health and substance abuse issues.<\/p>\n

Court records show she accused him of \u201cabusing me both mentally and emotionally\u201d, \u201cdamaging personal belongings\u201d and \u201churting my cat\u201d.<\/p>\n

The suspect\u2019s identity and those of the victims have yet to be confirmed publicly.<\/p>\n

The records reviewed by The Associated Press indicate that the woman\u2019s 32-year-old son had received a notice about a hearing for the restraining order, but he did not show up to the proceeding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 32-year-old suspect stabbed four people to death before being shot by a sheriff\u2019s deputy near Tacoma, Washington.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3071,3,1583,21,19,22,20,25,1209,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-488691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-police","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-us-canada","18":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}