Victim ID'd in deadly Tacoma alley stabbing
TACOMA, Wash. - The victim in a deadly alley stabbing in Tacoma has been identified as 56-year-old Stanley Howard.
Howard's body was found early Wednesday after officers received an anonymous 911 call leading them to an alley near the intersection of South 19th Street and South M Street.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner later determined the cause of death was a stab wound to the chest.
An acquaintance of the victim had been arrested and booked into jail for investigation of second-degree murder, said Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum.
Fulghum did not yet say if police had a motive or what led to the murder.
Howard's body was found early Wednesday after officers received an anonymous 911 call leading them to an alley near the intersection of South 19th Street and South M Street.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner later determined the cause of death was a stab wound to the chest.
An acquaintance of the victim had been arrested and booked into jail for investigation of second-degree murder, said Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum.
Fulghum did not yet say if police had a motive or what led to the murder.
