Marco Teran was a 16-year-old Hispanic/Latino student from Tacoma Public Schools who was shot on the night of April 12, 2025, near the 4200 block of Portland Avenue East. Shortly after 10 p.m. he and another man arrived at a local hospital with gunshot wounds; the other man was listed in stable condition but Marco was critical and died several days later. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office attributed his death to anoxic encephalopathy from a gunshot wound to the chest and ruled the manner of death homicide.

Marco’s death came during a wave of violence that also claimed another Tacoma student that month, prompting Tacoma School Board President Korey Strozier to call for a communitywide effort to protect young people. The case was under active investigation for weeks with no arrests reported.

Does anyone who knew Marco, his routines, or the neighborhood around Portland Avenue East have information that could help investigators?