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Deputy Daniel McCartney, 34, was killed after responding to a home invasion in the Frederickson area near Spanaway, Washington, on the night of January 7, 2018. McCartney, on duty with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, arrived at a 200th Street East residence after a 911 call around 11:30 p.m. that included screams and sounds of a struggle. He was the first on scene and became involved in a foot pursuit of at least one suspect who had fled the home where three adults and two young children had been held by armed intruders.

Shortly after starting the chase, McCartney radioed that shots had been fired. Other deputies found him on the ground with a fatal gunshot wound; he was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma and died in the early hours of the next morning. At the home invasion scene one suspect, Henry Carden, was found dead; although shot multiple times by McCartney, Carden’s death was later determined to be from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

A massive manhunt located a second suspect the following morning; he was identified as 32-year-old Frank William Pawul and was charged with aggravated first-degree murder in McCartney’s death.

Did anyone in the Frederickson or Spanaway area see activity near 200th Street East that night or recognize any of the people involved?