Associated Press
TACOMA — A street in a city park will soon be named in honor of slain Tacoma Police officer Reginald “Jake” Gutierrez.
The News Tribune reports that the street winds through Stewart Heights Park and past a police substation where Gutierrez worked.
Tacoma Police Chief Don Ramsdell says the lane represents a safe entrance past a police substation to a park that Gutierrez was proud of protecting.
Gutierrez was shot and killed Nov. 30 while responding to a domestic dispute. The suspected gunman was killed by a sheriff’s marksman, ending an 11-hour standoff.
Gutierrez spent most of his career patrolling the city’s east side.
The street will be renamed this summer after the MetroParks Tacoma board made the decision at a board meeting last week.
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