Argument led to Saturday morning’s fatal shooting near west Olympia encampment, police say

Detectives with the Olympia Police Department are investigating a homicide that happened early Saturday morning on the city’s west side. A suspect has yet to be caught.

Police Lt. Paul Lower said the 34-year-old woman who was shot Saturday has been identified by the Thurston County Coroner as Savannah M. Feiler, an unhoused person from the Olympia area. Lower said Feiler was on a walk with a friend near a homeless encampment in the Percival Creek area when two other people confronted them.

Lower said an argument ensued and a man produced a firearm and shot the woman. Officers responded to the scene around 4:50 a.m. and found the woman in the 1400 block of Evergreen Park Drive Southwest.

Lower said police have not arrested a suspect yet, but detectives have several leads. Anyone with information is asked to call Olympia detectives at 360-753-8300.

This story was originally published July 22, 2024 at 2:29 PM.

Ty Vinson

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription