8:47 AM: A 911 Call About a No-Contact Order That Didn’t Exist Yet
The call came in at 8:47 AM on Tuesday, February 24. Someone at a residence in the 14000 block of 87th Avenue Court NW in Purdy, Washington — a quiet waterfront community near Gig Harbor on the Key Peninsula — reported that a man had come to their home in violation of a no-contact order. Pierce County Sheriff’s Office deputies checked the order. It had been filed but never served. Because it had never been delivered to the suspect, it was not yet legally enforceable. Deputies obtained a copy of the order and began driving to the home to serve it themselves. What happened in the next 43 minutes is the subject of an active investigation — and a question that no one in law enforcement has yet answered…..