Suspect In Shooting Of JBLM Solider Arrested

TACOMA, WA - Tacoma police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Joint Base Lewis-McChord, according to the Seattle P-I. Da'quan Foster and his wife were shot early Sunday morning at Latitude 84, a sports bar along 84th Street near exit 128 on I-5.

According to Pierce County jail logs, Marshall M. Wilson, of Kent, was booked Wednesday night on charges of second-degree murder, assault, and unlawful possession of a firearm. He is being held on $2 million bail.

Outside the bar early Sunday, Foster and an assailant got into a fight before shooting broke out. Foster was taken to Tacoma General Hospital and later pronounced dead. His wife suffered non-life threatening injuries. His wife suffered a minor injury.

Foster was from New Rochelle, N.Y., and the father of a small child. He had been in the army for eleven months.

Correction: An earlier version of this story misidentified where the suspect was arrested. The suspect was arrested in Kent, not Tacoma.

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