On the morning of March 4, 2024, 35-year-old Patrick David McFarland of Tacoma was shot multiple times inside a home near the 3700 block of 159th Street East in Spanaway, Washington. Emergency responders arrived after a dispatch at 11:32 a.m.; McFarland was transported to a hospital but died en route. The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds.

Deputies detained four people who were at the residence and investigators interviewed several witnesses and recovered two firearms from the scene.

If anyone was in or near that home on March 4 or has information about the shooting, please share what you know with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.