The family is offering a reward to find his killer.
September 03, 2023 at 7:24 pm PDT
PUYALLUP — A teenager’s family is reeling after he was shot and killed in a Puyallup playground Saturday night.The deadly shooting happened around 3 a.m. in the Lipoma Firs neighborhood near Puyallup.His family members have been showing up there. They started coming at about 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.“He was a really good guy,” said Desiree Perry. “We just had a family reunion in August. So, he came.”“I got a phone call from my mother early in the morning,” she said.
According to Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies, a group of people was holding a party at the basketball court in the Lipoma Firs housing development on Puyallup’s South Hill.“I hear like two different strings or runs of just like fast automatic guns shooting,” said Erwin Melio, here visiting his mother. “It wasn’t very loud. So, I knew it was a small caliber.”“It’s unnerving,” said Erin Safford. “And it seems to happen more in Pierce County. It’s still, it’s horrible.
Safford has lived in this neighborhood for five years. She says the playground has become a magnet for groups of mostly young people late into the night.“A lot of times, it was,” she said. “But I think there were some not-so-great activities going on later.”The woman declined to share her last name but says her neighborhood has undergone a transformation in the last year.
“I’m afraid to go out and check my mail in the night,” Toni said. “And it’s very scary. But this is just the beginning. I want people to understand this is the beginning. Because the crime is too high everywhere.”The family is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to his killer.
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