Man Killed With Pellet Rifle in Graham
On Wednesday May 1st at 6:35 pm, our deputies responded to a call of a shooting at a home in Graham off of 252nd St E and 52nd Ave E.
Deputies arrived on scene and found the 51-year-old male victim deceased outside.
The deputies were told the girlfriend of the victim had shot her boyfriend with a pellet gun.
Detectives and forensic investigators were called out to the scene. The man’s 49-year-old girlfriend was arrested and booked into the Pierce County Jail for Murder in the 2nd Degree.
The medical examiner’s office arrived on scene to help with the investigation as detectives and forensic investigators served a search warrant inside of the home to retrieve the pellet gun and other evidence.