US EditionWife of Lakewood Shooting Victim Shares Her Family's Experience
- On the evening of May 28, 2025, around 7:55pm, a shooting in Lakewood’s Harry Todd Park resulted in seven people being injured, including Leighten Jackson’s husband.
- The shooting reportedly started as a dispute between two groups, which escalated to gunfire that struck both involved and uninvolved victims.
- Emergency responders found five victims with gunshot wounds and transported them to hospitals while two others arrived on their own, with victims ranging from 16 to 38 years old.
- Leighten recounted that after being critically wounded in the abdomen, her husband Ron repeatedly told others that he had been shot. He underwent two surgeries to address damage to his liver and stomach but is expected to survive.
- No arrests had been made by May 30, and the Lakewood City Council expressed sorrow, stating the reckless violence does not reflect the community and considering increased park security.
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Father in ICU after Lakewood mass shooting
A Tacoma father is in the ICU Thursday night after a mass shooting at Harry Todd Park in Lakewood sent seven people to the hospital on Wednesday. According to a fundraiser started to help the family, “On May 28, Ron Jackson was spending a beautiful, sunny day at Harry Todd Park in Lakewood, WA with his wife, Leighten, and their five young children—four girls and one boy. It was the first hot day of the year, and they were simply enjoying a peace…
7 Shot at Park in Washington State, Police Say
LAKEWOOD, Wash.—Seven people were shot and wounded, three of them critically, at a park in a suburb of Tacoma, Washington, on Wednesday evening, police said. Officers found a “very hectic scene” when they responded to calls reporting shots fired at Harry Todd Park in Lakewood just before 8 p.m., Lakewood Police Sgt. Charles Porche told KOMO-TV. He said medics transported five people to hospitals and two others got to hospitals on their own. The …
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