A man charged in a fatal Spanaway shooting killed himself while being held in Pierce County Jail, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Corrections deputies were bringing a meal to Espinoza, who was being housed alone, about 9:40 a.m. when they allegedly found him hanging from his metal bunk bed by a blanket.A death investigation was immediately launched and found no sign of foul play, sheriff’s Sgt. Darren Moss said.
Espinoza was housed in a maximum security section of the jail where inmates are checked on every 30 to 45 minutes. He was not on suicide watch. Espinoza was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm in the Dec. 31 homicide of Jim Gastelum, 31. He had pleaded not guilty and was being held on $1 million bail.
No motive was determined in the shooting, but detectives found suspected narcotics in Espinoza’s garage where the shooting occurred.
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