On the evening of March 16, 2024, 28-year-old Nicholas Harju of Snohomish was shot in a business parking lot in the 5300 block of Pacific Highway East in Fife. First responders found Harju shortly after 10:30 p.m. with a gunshot wound to his abdomen; he was taken to a local hospital and died in the early hours of the following morning. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the torso and the manner of death homicide.

Investigators say the shooting arose from a dispute during a drug transaction. Harju and a friend were reportedly trying to sell fentanyl powder to raise money for a motel room when a man later identified as 29-year-old Tyler James Webster approached to buy. According to reports, an argument followed after the buyer’s money proved to be counterfeit; Webster allegedly pushed Harju and then produced a firearm and shot him before fleeing in a white sedan. Witnesses and surveillance helped identify Webster, and he was arrested on May 8, 2024, and charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm; a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf and bail was set at $2 million.

Are there witnesses or camera footage from that parking lot who can add details about the moments before or after the shooting?