{"id":53452,"date":"2020-04-23T02:45:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T07:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=53452"},"modified":"2020-04-23T02:45:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T07:45:04","slug":"53452","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=53452","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Man shot, critically injured in University Place [Washington] after allegedly jumping a couple<\/a><\/p>\n

Two men were shot in University Place early Tuesday after one allegedly attacked the other as he was walking with his girlfriend.\u00a0The confrontation occurred about 5:35 a.m. at 40th Street West and Sunset Drive West.<\/p>\n

When Pierce County sheriff\u2019s deputies arrived, they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg.\u00a0Deputies applied a tourniquet and discovered the suspect lying in the grass nearby suffering from at least one gunshot wound to the chest.\u00a0Both men were taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma.\u00a0The suspect is listed in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The victim and his girlfriend told detectives they were walking west on 40th Street West when they noticed two men who appeared to be following them.\u00a0They allegedly stopped at one point to allow the men to pass, but the suspects also stopped.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said the suspect grabbed him by the throat and said, \u2018This is how it\u2019s gonna go down,\u2019\u201d sheriff\u2019s spokesman Ed Troyer said.<\/p>\n

The victim told deputies he was afraid for his life and shot the other man once or twice.\u00a0A pistol was found at the scene.\u00a0The couple said they do not know the suspects, one of whom ran after the shooting and has not been identified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Man shot, critically injured in University Place [Washington] after allegedly jumping a couple Two men were shot in University Place early Tuesday after one allegedly attacked the other as he was walking with his girlfriend.\u00a0The confrontation occurred about 5:35 a.m. at 40th Street West and Sunset Drive West. When Pierce County sheriff\u2019s deputies arrived, they … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53453,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53452\/revisions\/53453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}