A late summer dispute at a Parkland bus stop left two men dead. On August 22, 2023, 18-year-old Jordan Copley and 41-year-old Robert Daly-Romero argued near 112th Street South and 12th Avenue South; both produced firearms and shot at each other. Deputies arrived about 11:30 a.m. to find one man already dead and the other in critical condition; paramedics could not save him. The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled both deaths homicides—Copley from a gunshot wound to the face and Daly-Romero from a gunshot to the chest. A red bicycle was found in the street near the scene.

Detectives canvassed the neighborhood and interviewed witnesses who had been at the bus stop, but the reason the argument escalated into deadly violence has not been determined. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department describes the case as open and ongoing, and no arrests or other suspects have been publicly announced. If anyone was at that bus stop that morning or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.