Shortly before 5 a.m. on Monday, September 23, 2024, officers responded to the 1200 block of East 25th Street in Tacoma after a report of a possible deceased person. They found 50-year-old Black / African American man James Wilkinson unresponsive; Tacoma Fire Department personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The Pierce County Medical Examiner later ruled Wilkinson’s death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the chest.

Detectives with the Tacoma Police Department opened an intensive investigation and announced a significant development two days later. Investigators established probable cause to arrest a 42-year-old woman; she was taken into custody around noon in the 1500 block of East 26th Street and booked into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. The department says the investigation remains active and ongoing.

If anyone was in that neighborhood the morning of September 23 or has information about Wilkinson’s movements or associates, please share what is known with the Tacoma Police Department.