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Richard Taii

Case from Port Orchard, WA dated Jan 09, 2023

Victim Details

Richard Taii

Male

Black / African American

Port Orchard

WA

2023-01-09

31

Richard

Taii

litigation

07/12/2026

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Richard Utaifeau Taii

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In the late hours of a January night in 2023, the life of Richard Utaifeau Taii, a 31-year-old Black/African American male from Puyallup, Washington, came to an abrupt and violent end on a quiet residential street in Port Orchard. What began as a suspicion over stolen mail escalated into a fatal confrontation, leaving a community shaken and a man dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Taii, who had been released from jail just hours earlier, was not alone; he was accompanied by two women, Prisci ...
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  • Docs: Port Orchard man charged with murder believed victim was stealing mail
  • king5.com: Suspect in Port Orchard homicide arrested hours after shooting
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