Man prowls vehicles at Target parking lot, Tacoma WA

Theft

Reported: 09/26/2025 09:41 PM (PDT)

S 23rd St, Tacoma, WA

A man was seen looking into car windows and trying door handles in the Target parking lot near 23rd Street in Tacoma. He wore a pale yellow jacket and black pants with brown hair and a beard.

Audio|Source: Tacoma Police Dispatch - North

02:58

Transcript:

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Heading two-sector cards for a prowler who's looking to vehicles at Target, near 23rd Street. Sam (number withheld) copy.

00:09

(number withheld), receipt.

00:11

(number withheld).

00:16

297 will be up (number withheld) across the street from the victim's house.

00:24

Proceed (number withheld), (number withheld).

00:31

244-2-1.

00:33

Dean-44.

00:36

You can send myself in 091, call 1851. We're in the area.

00:45

Receive for the unwanted self-up housing 111-1-1-1-Selt-L Lincoln Street. 2044.

00:51

2044. 2044.

01:03

Same one second, for residential bird, 1335, plus the app, per two subjects that are in the car shop at 13364D. David, say, one, two, six, property.

01:13

One, two, six, receive.

01:16

Number five.

01:22

Awesome six, Travis.

01:23

For us and six.

01:26

Five thousand order of parole with Charles Paul and Mary, four, two, seven one.

01:32

$5,000. $5,000,000. Okay,

01:37

that's right. Question 5 on, listen?

01:40

Just 52145.

01:46

245, okay, that's right.

01:48

1445. 2445, 2013.

01:50

Uh, we're both more.

01:52

We're talking for five.

01:58

I don't know it's seven clear, so stamp yet.

02:01

Final two.

02:03

Actually.

02:10

That's it off.

02:12

Sound free phone.

02:17

Union 338 Clearface.

02:20

Union 338, Tompresent.

02:24

Union 338, Tompresent.

02:26

Union 338 in finance and any truck is suspicious.

02:32

Union 338.

02:35

You can't three night down.

02:37

The target three feet two zero south twenty third street. The caller said in the parking lot, riding around a pro bike and looking at a vehicle window.

02:44

White mill 30s to 50s, five seven mean-billed brown hair with a beard, pale yellow jacket, and black pants.

02:50

Been trying a couple door handles and leaving out between parked vehicles.

02:57

So on me there out.

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