Tacoma Police Chief Shoots Wife, Self - Huron Daily Tribune The scene that followed was chaos. April 24, 2003, was Crystals birthday. A witness said she saw people in the parking lot running around and screaming after the shootings. For the record, thats false. After a heated conversation, witnesses reported hearing two shots. "Anybody that was out here heard the children screaming," said Warnock. The couple had been going through a divorce. No arrests have been made. I interviewed the woman who said Brame had raped her. Officers recovered a Glock .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun from the crime scene. "And that's why this is so shocking.". Tacoma police is working with a staff of 50 fewer personnel than it's budgeted for, which has led to longer response times. But the scandal wasnt about money or fraud or standard notions of public corruption. Our students are going to need continued support, says a director at Treehouse, a nonprofit that advocates for foster children and youth. The shootings occurred a day after abuse accusations in the couple's divorce case appeared in local newspapers. Again, Corpuz did not act. Friends say he followed her, even tried to hack into her cell phone to delete messages. She attended the University of Washington, where she studied criminal justice, her friends said. So, you are on the hunt for new training technology to improve the learning, experience and retainment of knowledge for your agency. He and his wife, 35-year-old Crystal Brame, had been going through a divorce. She told the police dispatcher that Woodard was not supposed to "be near her" because of "intimidation and threats.". But Crystal Brame's longtime friends aren't buying any of the police chief's allegations, especially now that he shot her. On Feb. 24, 2003, barely a year after the coronation, Crystal filed for divorce, citing a long history of domestic abuse. One held that the TNT covered up the story at first to protect Brame, not revealing details of his contentious divorce until it was too late. The Tacoma Police Department said officers responded at about 1 p.m for reports of a person shot in the 700 block of South Yakima Avenue, one block south of Wright Park. The Tacoma native had been assistant police chief before being named chief. Acquaintances said Benson broke off her relationship with Ambrosino weeks ago after a religious reawakening prompted her to rethink their living together. Staff Writer. No other information about the children was released. "He's let the department down. My crime team colleagues and I, led by editor Randy McCarthy, had covered the 2001 arrest of Gary Ridgway, the Green River killer. Tacoma Police Chief Shoots Wife, Self TIM KLASS April 26, 2003 Comments The wife of Tacoma Police Chief David Brame was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head after being. IPMBA shares a few examples of why they work so well in certain situations. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. A police officer and his wife were found shot to death in their North Carolina home after the officer failed to show up for work Friday night . Brame rose through the ranks to become police chief in Tacoma, a city of 194,000, in January 2002. It also was a sign of respect, perhaps even fear. A University of Maryland student remained in critical condition Saturday after a man she knew shot her in the head, before turning the gun on himself. POLICE Senior Editor Wayne Parham and Nicole Florisi, a law enforcement subject matter expert at VirTra, discuss simulator training and content while at ILEETA. On Friday, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that documents in the couples divorce case recounted a stormy, sometimes violent relationship. The only leader with direct authority over Brame, City Manager Ray Corpuz, didnt know what to do about it. "If someone comes in and says theyve been assaulted by a domestic partner, we have an obligation to investigate," the chief said. After 17 years, Tacoma police chief with 'good heart and tough job ``Its a bad day for law enforcement, Troyer said. The meeting, long disputed, led nowhere. Catherine Woodard, assistant chief for criminal investigations, was named acting chief. Tacoma Police Chief Shoots Wife Before Killing Himself, Authorities Say April 28, 2003 The wife of the Tacoma police chief was in critical condition today, a day after her husband shot. It never took place, but Brame tried to engineer it, gaslighting and lying to both women. Another Tacoma homicide: Man found dead after Saturday evening shooting One is missing: David Brame, who left a permanent scar that wounded the department and the city. Everyone else did. ``They had no idea. Meanwhile, he monitored the odometer on her car, checked her weight on the bathroom scale and sent her flowers anonymously, calling himself a secret admirer. When Crystal asked who sent the flowers, he accused her of having an affair. Crystal Brame accused her husband of pointing his gun at her, trying to choke her and saying he "could snap my neck if he wanted to.". They were just running for safety," said Kirsten Oakland, 36, and a hair stylist at Harbor Cutter, a shop that looks out onto the parking lot. I never met Brame. Crystal Brame sought a restraining order March 26, after Brame threatened her again, according to court papers. According to what the couples children have said, their parents met in the mall parking lot in Gig Harbor, where their mother was living, by chance. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Another woman in the parking lot scooped up the children _ an 8-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy _ and took them into a video store in the strip mall.