On the evening of January 24, 1985, Tacoma Police Department officer Craig Nollmeyer, 33, was killed while responding to a domestic violence call on North Prospect Street. The incident began when 35-year-old Kenneth Schrader attacked his wife and his 12-year-old stepson; Schrader slashed the boy in the head and fatally shot his wife. The injured boy fled to a neighbor’s house, and Schrader forced his way in and shot a 23-year-old woman who had tried to protect the boy and two others in a bathroom.

Officer Nollmeyer, a three-year patrol officer, took a tactical position across the street around 6:30 p.m. while awaiting backup. Schrader, armed with a .44 caliber handgun and ammunition, opened fire from inside his residence. A shot from Schrader’s weapon struck Officer Nollmeyer in the head and killed him instantly. Other officers returned fire, wounding Schrader, who survived and was apprehended.

Did anyone in the neighborhood at the time see movement inside the house before officers returned fire?