TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Tacoma police spokesman says U.S. Marshal’s officers and Houston, Texas, police have arrested a 28-year-old man sought in the July 22 fatal shooting of a Tacoma woman on her front porch.
Spokesman Mark Fulghum says Herman Jackson was arrested Wednesday and now faces extradition back to Pierce County. He is one of three men charged with first-degree murder in the death of Lisa Marie Melancon.
Pierce County prosecutors have charged Jackson, 25-year-old Olujimi Blakeney and 19-year-old Manuel Castillo. They allege Blakeney fired the deadly shot as he, Castillo and Jackson drove away from a street confrontation that started over angry text messages. Melancon had stepped outside of her home after calling 911. She died at the scene.
Prosecutors allege Jackson was the driver. Castillo has pleaded not guilty. A search for Blakeney continues.
