Kevin McCarty
In more than two decades in broadcasting, Kevin McCarty has done it all. He began his career at a one-thousand watt radio station and moved on to cable television then investigative reporting, anchoring and traveling the globe to cover news.
Kevin’s career took him to California, Spokane and Chicago before he and his family came home to Washington. He has won numerous awards for investigative and live news reporting. Kevin is now the Pierce County Bureau Chief for KIRO 7, covering news in the South Sound.
Latest from Kevin Mccarty
Former Lakewood officer pleads guilty to identity theft, forgery
A former Lakewood police officer already convicted on federal charges for stealing donations from a fallen officers’ fund has admitted to identity theft and forgery in a Pierce County superior court. Skeeter Manos pleaded guilty to the charges. He admitted he stole the identity of the accountant for the Lakewood ...
Woman calls for help during bulldozer rampage
The 911 recordings of a Port Angeles woman calling for help as a man at the controls of a bulldozer smashed into her neighbor’s home reveals the panic and helplessness as residents watched the rampage unfold. “I’m on Pioneer (street) somebody’s got a tractor going through our neighborhood,” the woman ...
Tacoma day care ordered to shut down, accused of failing to report abuse
A Tacoma day care was ordered to shut down when the state Department of Early Learning accused the owner and staff members there of failing to report signs of abuse on a boy who was later killed. Little Lambs Children's Center at 1122 South Woodlawn Street closed its doors Tuesday ...
Prosecutors say death of Tacoma boy was premeditated murder
Pierce County prosecutors said Thursday the death of 3-year-old Tacoma boy Terric Davis was not an accident, it was premeditated murder. In a probable cause affidavit charging Derrick Myers with first-degree murder, prosecutors allege he deliberately set out to kill Terric -- savagely beating him causing massive internal injuries and ...
Man arrested in abuse death of 3-year-old Tacoma boy
The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office said a 3-year-old Tacoma boy who died at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital Tuesday night suffered blunt-force trauma to the head and abdomen. Terrick Davis was rushed to the emergency room by his 23-year-old mother just after 11 p.m. because he was having trouble breathing. ...
South Sound vandalism appears to be work of anarchists
A vandalism spree in the South Sound targeting two Bank of America branches and a warehouse in Fife could be the work of anarchists, police said. A downtown Tacoma branch was struck Monday night. Police found an ATM spray-painted with the words, "Bank of corruption." The screen was covered in spray paint ...
Police: Man tries to strangle ex-girlfriend within an hour of jail release
A Bremerton man released from the Kitsap County jail is back behind bars after police said he went straight from the lockup to his ex-girlfriend’s house and tried to strangle her. Vincent Mitchell, 34, served 30 days on a domestic violence charge after he assaulted the girlfriend. Bremerton police said ...
USS Stennis returns home to Bremerton port
After more than eight months at sea, the Bremerton-based aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis came home as thousands of sailors were met in bright sunshine by family, friends and loves ones. “It’s awesome. It has been a long eight to nine months. It’s been really long, it’s been hard,” ...
9-year-old girl accidentally shot in leg by younger brother
A 9-year-old Auburn girl is recovering after she was shot in the leg Wednesday night by her 7-year-old brother. Auburn police said the boy picked up a .22-caliber rifle owned by an older brother thinking it was a toy. “The little girl’s version is that he had the gun in ...
Mother gives birth at Bonney Lake park and ride
East Pierce Fire crews were dispatched to a park and ride near State Route 410 this morning after a woman gave birth to a baby boy in the backseat of a car. Few details were available due to federal privacy laws, but East Pierce Battalion Chief Jeff Moore confirmed that crews ...
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