Daniel Stueart, 42, also known as Danny Rasher, was fatally shot on the evening of April 13, 2019, in a large transient encampment in the 10000 block of Steele Street South near Charlton Lake in Tacoma, Washington. Witnesses reported hearing a single gunshot around 7:30 p.m. followed by someone running; deputies found Stueart in a wooded area and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Stueart was described as a man who frequented the area and who struggled with addiction, but whose family remembers him as funny, loyal and welcome in their home. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department opened an investigation and detectives received numerous public tips, though many amounted to speculative names or initials and did not produce a suspect. Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce County offered a reward, but no arrests have been announced.

The identity of the shooter or shooters remains unknown. If anyone knew Daniel, was in the Steele Street South encampment that night, or has information about the shooting, please come forward to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.