A midday shooting on August 22, 2023, outside James Sales Elementary School in Tacoma left two men dead. At about 11:30 a.m., deputies found one person already deceased and another critically wounded at a bus stop near 112th Street South and 12th Avenue South. Both victims died of gunshot wounds: 41-year-old Robert Daly-Romero suffered a fatal chest wound; 18-year-old Jordan Copley was shot in the face. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled both deaths homicides.

Investigators report the evidence points to an argument between the two men that escalated into a mutual exchange of gunfire. A red bicycle belonging to one of the victims was left at the scene, and detectives canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses. It remained unclear what sparked the dispute or whether anyone else was involved; the case was open and under investigation with no arrests reported.

Does anyone have information about either man, their activities that morning, or people who might have witnessed the confrontation?