Wednesday night, Tacoma Police Department officers assisted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in a joint operation to serve a high-risk federal search warrant on two units at the Econo Lodge on S Hosmer Street.
South Hosmer Street has become a center of gun violence, human trafficking, and drugs in recent years, with five homicides reported in the area since the beginning of the year.
A 23-year-old man was at the location and arrested for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl. While executing the search warrant, officers recovered three firearms, body armor, and substances believed to be fentanyl in the suspect’s hotel room.
The suspect
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