In response to the shooting incident, Defiance Park will be closing at 8:30 p.m. and will increase security measures starting Sunday night.
Point Defiance scheduled to close early after a 9-year-old child was shot.TACOMA, Wash. — A 9-year-old girl was shot in her left arm Saturday night in a suspected drive-by shooting inside Point Defiance Park. Tacoma Police say the call came in at around 9:20 p.m. from the 6100 block of Owen Beach Road, not far from Owen Beach. Police say the girl was driven to Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in a private vehicle with non-life threatening injuries.
“We had just been here for a walk and we got home and saw the cop cars outside the entrance and we were wondering what was going on,” Nelson said.“It’s terrible and it’s not the first time I’ve heard of a kid getting shot recently,” Nelson said. Tacoma detectives say they believe that this is a isolated incident at this time and that the park is not a dangerous place, but they want to do what they can to make sure everyone is safe.
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