TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Tacoma police have arrested a man accused of shooting someone who he says was breaking into his car. Tacoma police responded to reports of a shooting on South G. Street at about 11 p.m. Sunday. The shooter said someone was breaking into his car, they got into a fight and he shot the man. The shooter identified himself to police at the scene. The 40-year-old shooting victim was taken to a local hospital where he was in critical condition. The shooter was booked into Pierce County Jail on first-degree assault charges. A Washington statute on self-defense says a shooting can be justifiable in certain circumstances.
Police arrest man who shot someone breaking into his car
