Fourteen-year-old Thiy Conway, a member of the Puyallup Tribe who attended Chief Leschi School and was known to friends as Ty, was shot and killed on the evening of December 19, 2021, in Tacoma. Police responded to reports of shots fired around 9:15 p.m. in the 9100 block of South Alaska Street and found Thiy unresponsive in the street with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead; the Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Thiy’s death was counted as the 29th homicide in Tacoma that year. The Tacoma Police Department opened an investigation, but officials have not released details about what led to the shooting. As of the latest information, no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. If anyone knew Thiy or has information about that night, please share what is known with investigators.