On January 17, 2018, at about 2:30 a.m., 24-year-old Jawuan Swift was shot and killed inside his Tacoma apartment in the 600 block of South Steele Street after two armed men kicked in the door. Swift was at home with his girlfriend and her 5-year-old child when the intruders, wearing ski masks, forced entry. Swift went to investigate, was shot in the chest, and died at the scene while paramedics tried to revive him. The assailants demanded money, and the girlfriend handed over roughly $2,000 before they fled.

Investigators later focused on a man the girlfriend identified from a Facebook photo as one of the intruders, identified as Da’ron Lemar Jackson-Warren. Review of nearby surveillance footage, a suspect vehicle and license plate, and analysis of cell phone records and social media linked Jackson-Warren and a second suspect, Perris-Karlton L. Daniel III, to the scene that night. A warrant was issued for Daniel in December 2018 and he turned himself in; Jackson-Warren was already in custody on unrelated charges. Both men were charged in connection with the home invasion and Swift’s killing.

Did anyone in the Tacoma area see unusual activity around South Steele Street that early morning or know more about the suspects or vehicle involved?