Steve A. Dahl, 68, of Federal Way was shot and killed the early morning of February 13, 2024, near Dash Point State Park. Officers were called just before 1:15 a.m. to a man lying in the roadway in the 32900 block of Hoyt Road Southwest; initial impressions were that he had been struck by a vehicle, but investigators determined he had been shot. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound that entered the neck and penetrated the chest, and the death has been ruled a homicide.

Witnesses reported hearing a car stop, a door slam, a loud pop, and then a vehicle speeding away. The shooting happened in the Stone Brook residential area, just southeast of Dash Point State Park. Federal Way Police detectives from the Criminal Investigation Section are handling the case and have not identified any suspect or suspects; police asked anyone with information to call 253-835-2121.

If anyone was in the Stone Brook area around 1:00 a.m. on February 13 and saw or heard anything unusual, please contact the Federal Way Police Department with what was observed.