Fox Island man accused of shooting girlfriend, reporting it as suicide

A man reported his girlfriend died by suicide on Sunday, but investigators found evidence at the scene that was “inconsistent” with his story.

FOX ISLAND, Wash. — A 29-year-old man has been charged with murder after claiming his girlfriend died by suicide inside a Fox Island home, according to new documents.

“He had called stating that his girlfriend had shot herself,” said Deputy Carly Cappetto, a spokesperson for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. “It wasn’t consistent with a suicide.”

Over the weekend, Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home in the 800 block of Fox Drive just after 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, April

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