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Peter Tyler Collins

Age : 40

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 08/28/2022

Location : 6700 block of South Monroe Street / South Madison Street

City : Tacoma

County : Pierce

State : Washington

Agency : Tacoma PD

Officer(s) :Jose Figueras; Zachary Hobbs; Christopher Munn

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during domestic assault call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/28/2022, Tacoma Police Department officers Jose Figueras, Zachary Hobbs and Christopher Munn shot 40-year-old Peter Tyler Collins during an armed confrontation that developed after police responded to a reported domestic assault in South Tacoma. Collins was struck by police gunfire and also suffered what investigators described as an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Pierce County Medical Examiner determined that the fatal injury was a rifle wound to the chest and classified Collins's death as a homicide.
Police were dispatched at approximately 12:26 p.m. after Collins's nephew called 911 and reported that Collins had assaulted him. The nephew said Collins had not used a weapon during the alleged assault but warned dispatchers that Collins owned several firearms and might shoot at police. Officers later viewed home-surveillance footage of the alleged assault and said they developed probable cause to arrest Collins for fourth-degree domestic-violence assault.
Officers initially met Collins's nephew about half a block from the residence. While police were reviewing surveillance footage, Collins came outside. Figueras called to Collins and asked him to speak with police, but Collins returned to the house. Hobbs requested additional officers.
The encounter escalated shortly before 3 p.m. According to the Pierce County Force Investigation Team, Collins subsequently fired at police with rifles. Released body-camera and surveillance footage documented portions of the confrontation rather than leaving the sequence dependent solely on officer accounts. Investigators determined that Collins fired 15 rounds from two rifles during approximately four minutes of gunfire.
Figueras, Hobbs and Munn returned fire with department rifles, collectively firing nine rounds. Collins moved through the neighborhood during the exchange, and officers repeatedly broadcast his position and warned other officers that he had a long gun and was continuing to fire.
The final police shot was fired by Christopher Munn from a substantial distance. Munn positioned himself approximately 183 yards from Collins and fired a rifle round that struck him. Investigators subsequently determined that Collins had two gunshot wounds: one consistent with police rifle fire and another that appeared to have been self-inflicted.
Police approached Collins after the gunfire stopped and found him down with firearms nearby. Medical personnel were permitted to approach at approximately 3:08 p.m., and Collins was pronounced dead.
The Pierce County Force Investigation Team conducted the independent investigation. The investigation was ultimately completed, and the City of Tacoma's deadly-force case records identify all three involved officers as Figueras, Hobbs and Munn.
The later evidence significantly expanded the initial reporting. Early accounts did not disclose which officers fired, how many shots police fired or precisely how the gunfire unfolded. The subsequent video investigation established that all three identified officers fired their rifles, that police collectively fired nine rounds and that Collins fired 15 rounds.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Jose Figueras was 32 and had served approximately four years with the Tacoma Police Department when Collins was killed. Figueras was one of the three officers who fired during the confrontation.Zachary Hobbs was 27 and had served approximately three years with Tacoma police. Hobbs was also one of the three officers who fired at Collins. Hobbs later became a witness in the criminal trial of Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer because Hobbs had responded to Troyer's controversial January 2021 confrontation with Black newspaper carrier Sedrick Altheimer. Hobbs's body-camera footage became evidence in that case; Hobbs testified that Troyer did not tell him at the scene that Altheimer had threatened him or that Troyer was afraid, although Hobbs acknowledged that he had not specifically asked.
Christopher Munn was 38 and had served approximately six years with Tacoma police. Munn fired the long-distance rifle shot from approximately 183 yards that struck Collins. No reliably documented prior fatal police shooting involving Munn was located.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/3-tacoma-officers-involved-in-fatal-shooting-of-assault-suspect-in-august-identified/ar-AA1214Hd?ocid=hplocalnews
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https://www.aol.com/news/3-tacoma-officers-involved-fatal-212816957.html
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https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/sep/19/3-tacoma-officers-involved-in-fatal-shooting-of-as/
https://cms.tacoma.gov/Police/PCFIT%20News%20Releases/PCFIT%20Press%20Release%20TPD%20January%2026%202023%20Final%20Update.pdf