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Tupo Fuaau

Case from Tacoma, WA dated Aug 02, 2020

Victim Details

Tupo Fuaau

Male

Tacoma

WA

2020-08-02

32

Tupo

Fuaau

06/29/2026

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On a summer morning in 2020, the life of 32-year-old Tupo Fuaau, a male, came to a violent end in the parking lot of a motel in Fife, Washington. The events of August 2nd began to unfold around 9 a.m. at the Roadway Inn on Pacific Highway East. Police were called to the scene to find a Chrysler that had crashed into one of the motel rooms. Inside the vehicle, in the driver's seat, was Fuaau, who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead ...
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    Has anyone else been thinking about the dynamics of that motel confrontation between Fuaau and Taual... ...Read More
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