Crime & Safety
REPORT: Authorities Investigating Motorcycle Club That Hosted Party Where Curtis Student Was Shot
The 2011 slaying of Billy Shirley III, as well as another man this year, is prompting Tacoma police to investigate the Global Grinders MC, although information is scarce.
Two deaths - including a former Curtis High student in 2011 - at parties hosted by the Global Grinders MC is prompting Tacoma authorities to investigate the motorcycle club.
But information is, at this point, fairly scarce.
The News Tribune's Stacey Mulick wrote an in-depth piece on what Tacoma police are doing to locate the Global Grinders.
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(Click here to read Mulick's entire story)
Last year, Patch produced a story on Shirley's mother, , and how she was coping with her son's death. Last month, she filed a where the party was held.
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