WA - First date ends with man dead, woman injured

Pierce County sheriff’s detectives on Monday were trying to sort out the details of a first date that ended early Sunday with a Gig Harbor man dead and his date hospitalized in critical condition.

Investigators believe the 47-year-old Port Orchard woman ran over her date, then crashed his truck 15 feet down a Lakebay embankment. Because of her medical condition, she had not been interviewed, sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.

The Medical Examiner’s Office identified the dead man as Leon Shaw, 53.

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Pierce County Sheriff’s detectives believe a date that began with heavy drinking at a house party Saturday night veered into deadly territory after a physical altercation between the two escalated...

The woman met a tattoo artist at the party and asked if he’d tattoo her chest. The two then became intimate, which reportedly angered Shaw.

She punched Shaw and he responded by slapping the woman, police said. She then took off for Shaw’s truck. He followed and was found dead in the driveway. The woman crashed one-quarter mile away and needed to be extricated from the vehicle by first responders.

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