A 16-year-old Tacoma boy was arrested in Auburn and subsequently charged with the murder of a 15-year-old Tacoma boy.
According to the Auburn Police Department crimes log, at 7:22 p.m. March 2 in the 12000 block of SE 312th St., a juvenile was arrested in Auburn as a murder suspect, with other listed offenses of aggravated assault and a weapons offense. The teen is Jeremiah Wade, who will be charged as an adult for first-degree murder, second-degree murder — for the same victim — and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
According to Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson Adam Faber, the two charges are alternate theories of the murder, which is a normal practice. Faber said as a matter of state law, 16- and 17-year-olds charged with murder are auto-declined into adult court…