Victim’s Family Settles with Bars Visited by Soldier Before Fatal Attack

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The family of a security guard killed by an Army Ranger in downtown Tacoma has settled a lawsuit against two businesses alleged to have over-served alcohol to the soldier before the fatal attack in 2021. Denise Smith, 41, was beaten to death at the Frank Russell Building, where she only recently had begun working. Smith […]