15th Tacoma Homicide of 2023: Anton Dixon
On Anton’s 32nd birthday he was in good spirits when he talked to his brothers on the phone. Most of his family lived in the DC area, but Anton decided to come out to the west coast, to Tacoma, for work. His three brothers, including his twin brother Antoine, remained back east.
In DC Anton ran his own landscaping business. In Tacoma he worked in construction, but his passion was working on cars. He’d been doing it since before he could drive. Something about working on cars relaxed him. Things had been going well at the construction job until he got injured on his construction job.
His injury prevented him from working, but he was recovering. Anton turned thirty-two feeling optimistic about the future.
One week later, on the afternoon of June 12, 2023 Anton was in the 200 block of Puyallup Avenue. Shortly before 4:30pm someone shot Anton Dixon in the head. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Anton is the 15th Tacoma homicide of 2023.
Though nearly a year and a half has passed since Anton’s murder, this case remains unsolved. If you have any information is encouraged to contact Pierce County CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or the Tacoma Police Department at (253) 287-4455.
If you knew Anton and would like to share thoughts or memories of him, that is what the comment section below is reserved for.
- Jack Cameron