Matthew Wells
Male, White
Date of the incident: 9/21/2017
Tacoma, Pierce, WA
2000 78th St Ct E
2000 78th St Ct E
Police were called by Matthew Wells' mother, who told officers her son was holding a butcher knife to his neck inside her home and was cutting his wrists, police said. When officers arrived, they ordered Wells to come out of the room. When he opened the bedroom door, he was armed with a knife. Police said he charged down the hallway at officers, and he was shot and killed.