A homeless man was found dead Wednesday near the Cumberland riverbank in what Nashville police believe is the first homicide of 2025. Two men, also experiencing homelessness, reported the man's body to a Nashville Downtown Partnership ambassador, Metro Nashville Police said in a statement Thursday morning.

Officers were dispatched at about 2:30 a.m. to the 4800 block of North 18 th Street for reports of shots fired in the area and a man lying in the street, according to a Tacoma Police Department news release.

Responding officers found one man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds but despite life-saving efforts from the officers and the Tacoma Fire Department, he was pronounced dead a

Virgil G. Thew is charged in the shooting deaths of a woman and two girls in New Lisbon. State and federal authorities continue to search for Thew.

Virgil Thew, 47, is charged with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and domestic abuse. With Southern California ablaze, the lack of water leaves many wondering, why not use ocean water to combat fires?

Virgil Thew is charged with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide for the death of Elizabeth Kolba, 33, and two girls, ages 12 and 13.