On the afternoon of January 31, 2022, a road rage incident in Tacoma, Washington, left 56-year-old Victor Scott dead. Scott, a Graham resident and truck driver, was a backseat passenger in a car whose occupants were reportedly looking to sell a catalytic converter. Near South 54th and South Washington Street, their vehicle cut off a Hyundai Sonata. The Sonata’s occupants pursued them, bumped the rear of the car and then produced firearms, opening fire into the vehicle.

Scott was struck by a bullet, cried out that he had been hit, and was taken first to a local hospital and then to Tacoma General Hospital, where he died of a gunshot wound to the back. The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide. In the days after the shooting, Tacoma police, with the SWAT team’s assistance, arrested a 24-year-old male who was booked and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Scott’s death.

If anyone witnessed the pursuit or the shooting near South 54th and South Washington Street on January 31, 2022, or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please come forward.