By America-Today  March,31 2025

Two young people are dead and several others were injured when a house party

spiraled into chaos and gun violence, local officials in Washington state said.

Just after midnight, Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a large house party

south of Tacoma. Dozens of young people were reportedly running and screaming in

the suburban neighborhood, the sheriff’s department said on social media.

An altercation apparently began inside the home before multiple callers reported a fight

breaking out in the street, Sheriff's Deputy Carly Cappetto told USA TODAY. Just as

deputies arrived, shots rang out as people and cars fled the area, located just east of

Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

“Vehicles were getting stuck in the neighborhood while chaos embodied the entire

street,” the sheriff’s department statement said. Cappetto said deputies had to tend to

injured people on the front lawn and on the road.

In the street, deputies found a 19-year-old man and attempted life-saving measures, but

he was pronounced dead. Five others transported themselves to local hospitals. One

person died from his injuries at the hospital. Four others were at local hospitals with

serious injuries but are expected to recover, the sheriff’s department said.