On the night of August 5, 2023, 41-year-old Michael M. Lefeau was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Concordia Arms apartment complex in Parkland, a suburb of Tacoma, Washington. Deputies from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shooting call at 10:04 p.m. and found Lefeau with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries around 11:45 p.m. His death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators identified 49-year-old Shaun Luzama as the primary suspect. Charging documents say Luzama and another man drove to the complex intending to confront a tenant over a dispute about a stolen Lexus; Lefeau was with that tenant when the men arrived. Witnesses reported seeing Luzama shoot Lefeau. The tenant told detectives he had found a sawed-off shotgun in Lefeau’s pants after the shooting. A warrant charging Luzama with second-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm was issued on September 27.

More than a month after the shooting, law enforcement located Luzama at a Bremerton residence and a lengthy standoff followed; officers shot and killed Luzama during that confrontation. A 47-year-old woman was also killed in the incident; her connection to Luzama was not immediately clear. Lefeau’s family remembered him as a loving father and a skilled cook.