Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that lands a wanted homicide suspect in jail.

Last week, prosecutors charged Antwone Goolsby, 32, (pictured here) with first-degree murder and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm in the death of James Smith Jr. A national warrant was issued for his arrest.

Smith, 37, was fatally shot early Wednesday in the 4500 block of South Puget Sound Avenue. Court documents state that a woman with whom Goolsby has two children told him that Smith and two others made disparaging remarks.

Goolsby, who's nickname is "Jody," is 6 feet tall, weighs 165 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He's been known to frequent Tacoma and Seattle. Investigators said he's involved in gang activity and was recently released from prison.

Goolsby was sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in a series of takeover-style robberies in Pierce County in 2004. He'd pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery.

"He has extensive violent criminal history, and is considered armed and extremely dangerous," the Crime Stoppers flier states.

Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to Goolsby's arrest. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Reach Crime Stoppers at 253-591-5959. Confidential tips also can be submitted to the Tacoma Police Department here.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 32-year-old man with first-degree murder in the shooting death of another man early Wednesday morning in Tacoma.

A nationwide arrest warrant has been issued for Antwane Goolsby, who also is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm.

Prosecutors contend Goolsby shot and killed James William Smith, 37, in the 4500 block of South Puget Sound Avenue about 12:40 a.m.

Goolsby attacked Smith because he allegedly made disparaging remarks to a woman with whom Goolsby has two children, according to court documents.

Goolsby is alleged to have donned a ski mask before confronting Smith on the street, the documents state.

Witnesses told police the gunman "grabbed victim Smith's coat and shot at him, numerous times," according to charging documents.

Federal Way Police on Tuesday arrested two suspects wanted for the weekend shooting death of a man at a convenience store, and have issued a warrant the for last one.

Jesse Amaya, 18, is being sought for investigation of homicide in connection to the shooting at a 7-Eleven store.

Amaya and two other men were driving through the store parking lot when a verbal altercation began between them and a 32-year-old man, Federal Way Police spokeswoman Cathy Schrock said. One of the three men fired one shot, killing the man, and they fled in a silver 2002 Honda Accord.

The gun was not recovered during the arrests of the two men.

Amaya is described as 5-foot-5, 150 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He is a resident of Pomona, Calif., and has reportedly has gang affiliations both in California and Washington.

Tacoma police have arrested two people in connection with the shooting death of a 27-year-old man in May.

The 24-year-old man and woman were booked into Pierce County Jail early Sunday. He was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and a state DOC hold. She was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder and first-degree assault.

Tacoma police arrested the pair during an overnight traffic stop. No more details about the arrests or how investigators tied them to the death of Jonathan Ragland were immediately available.

Ragland was shot in the head and killed May 31 during a driveby shooting. He had been driving one of the involved cars, which crashed at South 74th and Oakes streets. His backseat passenger also was injured. A frontseat passenger was not injured.

The two arrested in the homicide are expected to make their first court appearances this afternoon.

UPDATE:
Prosecutors charged Johnny Morris III and Keidra Marie Lewis each with first-degree murder and first-degree assault in the case. They allege that Lewis drove the car from which Morris fired the fatal shot.

Another man riding with Ragland was injured in the shooting.

Not guilty pleas were entered on the defendants' behalf at their arraignment in Superior Court this afternoon. Judge Kitty-Ann van Doorninck ordered each jailed in lieu of $2 million bail.

Tacoma police need the public's help in solving the following homicide from last year.

The victim: James Guillory Jr., a 28-year-old University Place father. (pictured here)

The homicide: Guillory was out with friends early on Dec. 27, 2008. They were involved in a fight outside of Maggie O'Toole’s Irish Pub in Lakewood just before closing. Officers broke up the melee and those involved left in different cars, Tacoma police detective Lindsey Wade said.

Guillory and his friends went to a home in the 5400 block of South Oakes Street, where another fight broke out. Guillory got into an argument with another man, who pulled out a gun and shot Guillory several times. Guillory died at the scene.

Suspect description: The shooter is described as black, in his early 20s, clean-cut, nicely dressed, 5 feet 8 to 5 feet 9 and 160 to 175 pounds. He was a passenger in a gray 2002 or newer 7 series BMW with tinted windows. Two other clean cut, nicely-dressed young men were in the car.

The car might have been at Maggie O’Toole’s before the deadly confrontation.

The investigation: Detectives have interviewed people involved in the Maggie O’Toole’s and South Oakes Street incidents. They have also reviewed police reports from the Lakewood fight and surveillance footage from the pub.

Investigators believe people involved in the incident have some ties to gangs but say Guillory was not a gang member.

Guillory's death is the only unsolved homicide for Tacoma police from last year. (Check out The News Tribune homicide map here.)

Help wanted: Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest and charges filed in the case. Tipsters may remain anonymous.

Reach Crime Stoppers at 253-591-5959. Tipsters also can call Wade at 253-591-5993 or file a confidential tip with the Police Department here.

A man considered a "person of interest" in a suspected arson fire that killed two people in University Place was arrested by Seattle police tonight in an unrelated attack that left a woman dead and another injured, the Seattle Times reported.

Seattle police said today that Isaiah M.K. Kalebu, 23, is suspected of breaking into a house in Seattle's South Park neighborhood July 19 and stabbing two women who lived there.

A 37-year-old woman was killed in the attack. A 40-year-old woman was cut numerous times but managed to flee, according to a Seattle Police Department news release.

Kalebu (seen here) is the nephew of Rachel Kalebu, 61, who died in the July 9 fire at her University Place home. Former NFL player John E. Jones, 57, also died in the blaze.

Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said Friday detectives questioned Isaiah Kalebu following the fire and continue to consider him a "person of interest" in the case. He has not been arrested or charged in the fire.

"Nobody's been ruled in or out," Troyer said.

Isaiah Kalebu had been living at the home in the 5500 block of 64th Avenue West until his aunt got a domestic violence protection order against him the day before the fire. In a petition for the order, Kalebu pleaded for help, saying her nephew had threatened her.

"(He) has threatened me very many times and is very defiant, disrespectful to me," the 61-year-old woman wrote. "The truth is that I am a prisoner in my own home."

In seeking the protection order Rachel Kalebu said her nephew had made threats, according to court documents. She asked to keep the pit bull, which she described as nice and innocent. She also wanted the nephew to return her computer.

"Please be kind and restrain (my nephew) from my house," Kalebu wrote. "Otherwise it is like (living) in hell."

The week before the fire, deputies were called to the house for an incident involving Isaiah Kalebu and a pit bull that was concerning neighbors.

Kalebu was uncooperative and struggled with deputies, who fired bean bags and a Taser at the man to get him into custody, Troyer said. He was booked into jail in connection with that incident. He was released shortly thereafter.

Our news partner, KIRO-TV, has video and other information about Kalebu.

Pierce County prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing his estranged wife and stepdaughter with an ax at their home south of Orting earlier this year.

Prosecutor Gerry Horne said he based his decision on Charles W. Nettlebeck's documented history of mental illness.

"It is something that should be considered as to whether or not the death penalty would be appropriate," Horne said.

He added he didn't believe Nettlebeck's history of schizophrenia rose to the level of being a defense in the criminal trial but should be considered in the death penalty decision.

Nettlebeck, 52, still faces life in prison without the possibility of release if convicted as charged in the deaths of Barbara Jo Nettlebeck, 52, (pictured here) and Bretta Joan Hawkins, 33. Prosecutors have charged Charles Nettlebeck with two counts of aggravated first-degree murder, the state's highest crime. He is scheduled to go to trial in March.

Charles Nettlebeck told investigators he was at his home in the 27200 block of 168th Avenue Court East with his estranged wife the afternoon of March 13. They got into an argument inside the house.

He grabbed an ax and swung it at Barbara Jo Nettlebeck's head, killing her, charging documents state. Charles Nettlebeck then went outside and swung the ax at Hawkins, who had been tending to the horses. He hit her in the head several times, charging documents state. Hawkins died the next day from her injuries at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Barbara Jo Nettlebeck worked as a corrections officer for King County for nine years. Her daughter, who lived in Milton, was a police specialist with Renton police for seven years.

An 18-year-old man charged with shooting another teenager to death on a Tacoma street over the weekend pleaded not guilty today to a charge of first-degree murder.

Pierce County Superior Court Judge John McCarthy ordered Xavier M. Magana jailed in lieu of $1 million bail at the request of deputy prosecutor Phil Sorensen. Magana also is charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.

Magana is accused of shooting 18-year-old Alrick Hendricks to death on Sunday evening in the 5500 block of East G Street.

Witnesses told police Magana and Hendricks had attended the same graduation party earlier that day. Magana left the party but returned and challenged Hendricks to a fight, according to court documents. The two reportedly had fought in the past with Hendricks prevailing.

At one point, Magana pulled out a pistol and fired at Hendricks, felling him with a shot as he tried to run away, the documents state. Prosecutors contend Magana then walked to where Hendricks lay prone on the ground and fired several more shots into him.

The gunman fled the scene.

A police SWAT team arrested Magana on Wednesday at a house in the 9200 block of South Sheridan. Magana was armed with a handgun and is reported to have held the gun to his own head during a standoff before being taken into custody, Sorensen said Thursday.

Both Hendricks and Magana were convicted of crimes as juveniles, but acquaintances and relatives said the young men were trying to leave that in their pasts and move forward with productive lives.

Hendricks' family has set up a fund to raise money to help pay his funeral expenses. Donations can be made to the Alrick Hendricks Memorial Fund at any KeyBank branch.

Click here to read KIRO's story and watch its video of the interview.

Here's a link to the TNT story on the alleged shooter's arrest.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged an 18-year-old man with first-degree murder in the Sunday shooting death of another teenager in Tacoma.

A nationwide arrest warrant was issued Monday for Xavier Magana. Tacoma police were searching for Magana (pictured here) but have not yet located him.

Authorities believe Magana shot and killed 18-year-old Alrick Hendricks following an argument Sunday evening in the 5500 block of East G Street.

Witnesses told police that Magana challenged Hendricks to a fight then pulled out a black handgun, according to court records. Hendricks tried to run away but was felled by a shot, the records state.

Magana then walked up to the prone Hendricks and fired "additional rounds into Hendricks at close range before fleeing the scene," according to the documents.

The two had fought on a previous occasion with Hendricks prevailing, the records state.

Prosecutors also charged Magana with second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. He has a previous juvenile felony conviction that restricts his right to carry a gun, court records state.

Magana is described as white, 5 feet 11 and 140 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes. He's known to frequent the Tacoma and Lakewood areas.

Investigators advised that Magana should be considered armed and "extremely dangerous."

Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to Magana's arrest. Callers may remain anonymous. Reach Crime Stoppers at 253-591-5959.

Tacoma police continue to investigate two shootings Sunday night - one of which was deadly.

No arrests have been reported in either shooting.

"The two are not related," Tacoma police spokeswoman Gretchen Aguirre said this morning. "They just happen to be in the city."

The first shooting occurred at 7:45 p.m. in a apartment complex in the 5600 block of North 37th Street, police reported. Officers found a 19-year-old man suffering for gunshot wounds in the complex.

Investigators learned he was somehow associated with an apartment in the complex. The young man was taken to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries. He remained in critical condition this morning, Aguirre said.

Detectives were trying to figure out what happened and were interviewing witnesses.

Forty-seven minutes later, officers were called to the 700 block of East 55th Street for a report of a gunshot victim in the roadway.

Officers arrived and found an 18-year-old man dead of "obviously gunshot wounds," police reported.

Officers established a crime scene and homicide detectives were called out. They were interviewing witnesses to determine what happened.

Police officials have said the victim might have been in a dispute with another man.

The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office has not yet released the name of the homicide victim.

Tacoma police have arrested a man wanted in connection with a 2004 gang-motivated slaying on Tacoma's East Side.

A warrant had been issued in December 2006 for the arrest of Danny Cherm, 25. At that time, prosecutors had charged him with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Saron Tith.

Tacoma police found him Thursday. Detectives had received information that Cherm was in the area, department spokesman Mark Fulghum said.

"They went out looking for him, located him and he was taken into custody without incident," Fulghum said.

Cherm was booked into Pierce County Jail on the murder warrant and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.

Cherm was one of the longest tenured faces on the Tacoma Police Department's Most Wanted list.

He is one of three men charged with shooting Tith. Cherm had previously charged in the slaying but prosecutors dismissed the case against him for lack of evidence, retaining the option to refile. The charges were refiled in 2006 when new evidence came forward.

Tith was killed on May 23, 2004, on the East Side in a gang-on-gang shooting. On the night of his death, Tith rode in a car with other gangsters.

The car passed a group of rival gang members who were loitering near a storefront, court documents say. The riders flung hand gestures toward the gangsters on the sidewalk.

The court documents say that was all the motive the Pirus needed. A witness heard Cherm say, "Let's go get 'em," and saw the other two defendants pull guns as they got into Cherm's car and gave chase, the documents say.

About 10 minutes later, the car with Tith in it reached the intersection of East 39th Street and Roosevelt Avenue. A group of young men concealed in bushes emerged and started shooting at it. One bullet hit Tith in the head and killed him. Police recovered 15 shell casings from three guns at the scene.

Miquel Diaz Elrod pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Tith's death last year. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison. The other defendant, Bunnan Orn, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in March 2008. He was sentenced to nine months in custody.