SPANAWAY – The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of a veteran deputy who died after he was found unresponsive in his patrol unit early Tuesday morning.
According to the sheriff’s office, a passerby called 911 about 6:15 a.m. to report a deputy – later identified as 57-year-old Daryl Shuey – unresponsive in his patrol car in a parking in the Parkland-Spanaway area.
Shuey was taken to a local hospital, where he died a short time later.
His colleagues said he was a husband, a father and “a beloved member of our department.”
Shuey, a Pierce County deputy since 1994, had just started his shift when the medical emergency happened.