PARKLAND, Wash — A Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy died Tuesday morning after having an apparent medical emergency while on patrol in Parkland.
A passerby called 911 at 6:16 a.m. after seeing Deputy Daryl Shuey, 57, unresponsive in a parking lot in the 14900 block of Pacific Avenue South, according to a Pierce County Sheriff’s Department Facebook post. Medics attempted CPR, and Shuey was taken to a nearby hospital.
The sheriff’s department was notified shortly after 7 a.m. that Shuey had died.
Shuey worked dayside central patrol and had just started his shift when the incident happened, according to the sheriff’s department.
Shuey has served the department as a deputy sheriff since 1994. He was “a proud husband and father, and a beloved member of our department,” according to the sheriff’s department.
A procession followed Shuey from MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup to the medical examiner's office Tuesday morning.