Man threatens aunt with gun and flees on foot, Spanaway WA

Family Offense

Reported: 11/14/2025 10:12 AM

174th St S, Spanaway, WA 98387

Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance near 174th Street South where a man threatened his aunt with a gun during an argument and fled on foot wearing red clothing. The suspect took the firearm with him. No shots were fired.

Audio|Source: Pierce County Sheriff Dispatch - East

02:39

Transcript:

00:00

Number 3 for a domestic with a possible firearm?

00:05

174 street south.

00:08

Right night.

00:11

Okay.

00:15

542. Good-bye.

00:21

24-8, 489, 558, 236, 134-8, 236, 174 straight south.

00:27

Physical between caller's aunt and their boyfriend, so there's a gun involved.

00:31

The boyfriend took off on foot or found on Pacific Avenue.

00:35

49.

00:37

49.

00:40

Five-58 hold here in row.

00:45

Okay, 55-8 hold the air and the caller is saying that the boyfriend grab the gun while they were arguing and get the ant in the pace with the gun.

00:54

No shots are fired.

00:58

Any description on the subject?

01:04

Well, I'm saying the caller is slow to respond to the team.

01:11

In front, I who we can't, this is go off the gun.

01:16

Okay, for it, and the last, the mail half is (name withheld), Native Mail.

01:19

Forties, the 50,

01:21

56, 2.30, black hair,

01:23

all red clothing.

01:29

Great.

01:33

And they're saying that he took the gun with him.

01:39

Thank you.

01:44

Try for the radio last call.

01:47

Can't turn it.

01:49

1017.

01:54

I have any description on the subject?

01:59

(name withheld), native male, 40 to 50, 5, 6, 2 and 30 pounds, black hair.

02:04

All red clothing, I'm trying to get clarification, but they're saying my handgun was always in a case,

02:08

and he possibly stuck in his pocket.

02:13

I see it.

02:17

I'm in there.

02:18

I don't see them coming in.

02:19

We can hold the iPhone. Okay,

02:21

5558 received.

02:22

Now they're saying it was a holster, not a case update thing.

02:30

In unitary on the domestic off 174, we've attached a possible,

02:36

he has assault three priors times two,

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174th St S, Spanaway, WA 98387

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