Pierce County deputies got into a shootout with a domestic violence suspect at a home on Puyallup’s South Hill Sunday.

It started with reports of gunfire: a 45-year-old suspect was firing shots and threatening three others at a home about a mile south of Puyallup’s South Hill Mall.

The home is located on 106th Aven. Ct. E., just east of Meridian Ave.

“There was a woman and two children at the home who had fled the home out of the back window,” said Pierce County Sheriff’s Spokesperson Carly Cappetto.

Neighboring houses had to be evacuated due to the danger of stray bullets flying in their direction.

Cappetto says the 45-year-old woman was slightly hurt.

The children were two teenaged girls.

When deputies arrived, there was another exchange of gunfire.

At least one deputy fired the

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