Maleke Pate was found guilty of the murders of Raymond Williams, Natasha Brincefield, Maria Nunez-Lese and Emery Lese.
TACOMA, Wash. — A jury found a man accused of killing four people in a 2021 shooting in Tacoma’s Salishan neighborhood guilty on all four counts of first-degree murder.
The defendant, Maleke Dominque Pate, 24, was convicted of the killings of 22-year-old Raymond Williams, his girlfriend 22-year-old Natasha Brincefield, Williams’ older sister 42-year-old Maria Nunez-Lese and her son Emery Lese, 19.
Pate’s sentencing hearing has been scheduled for April 11.
Pate reportedly attended fifth grade with one of the victims, but officials have said
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