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James Mureness, 43, was fatally shot while seated at a Pierce Transit bus stop near the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, shortly after midnight on April 24, 2019. He and another man were waiting in the 2900 block of East D Street when a gunman walked past them, then turned and opened fire. Mureness was struck in the chest and died at the scene; the other man was grazed and suffered a head wound but was expected to survive.

Investigators focused on 23-year-old Stephen Milner after reports that he had fired rounds inside a family home the previous evening and then left with a .22 pistol. Witnesses later saw Milner acting erratically around Tacoma, carrying a handgun, and behaving unusually before the shooting. Police say Milner shot himself in the forehead when officers moved to arrest him later that night; he survived and was hospitalized. He was booked on charges including first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Milner later told police he fired because he believed one of the men had pulled a knife and feared the other might be armed.

Does anyone have information about Mureness’s movements that night or what happened at the bus stop?