Ty Allen Jenkins, 25, was found shot multiple times in the early hours of August 1, 2020, on the second floor of the Emerald Queen Casino parking garage in Tacoma, Washington. Puyallup Tribal officers arrived first and attempted life-saving measures, but Jenkins was pronounced dead at the scene. The Tacoma Police Department took over the homicide investigation at the tribal police’s request.

Investigators reconstructed events from surveillance footage: Jenkins entered the casino with an acquaintance about two hours before the shooting, the pair later separated in the parking garage, and a gunman emerged from the passenger side of a red Toyota Corolla, approached Jenkins from behind and fired several shots before fleeing in the waiting Corolla. Detectives linked the killing to escalating gang violence and a reported earlier robbery during a firearms transaction that may have set off retaliatory shootings.

On February 7, 2023, Tacoma police arrested 29-year-old David Sekou Sebowa Ward, charging him in connection with the case as the alleged getaway driver. A warrant for first-degree murder was issued in January 2023 for the man identified as the shooter, Elijah Dominick Hylton, who remained at large.