Four shot and one dead after overnight shooting in Midland area east of Tacoma
Four people were shot in Midland Saturday night, and one person has died, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
The shooting took place at 11:19 p.m. at an apartment complex near the intersection of 76th Street Court East and Golden Given Road East, said sheriff’s spokesman Darren Moss.
No one had been arrested as of Sunday. Moss said the initial scene was “really hectic.”
Two shooting victims drove from the scene to an address near East 38th and East I streets. Tacoma Police responded to the area, and linked the victims to the earlier incident. One man, 27, was dead. The other, 38, had serious injuries.
Sheriff’s deputies reached the other victims at the Midland scene. Two men, 29 and 23, had serious injuries.
Moss said three of the four shooting victims were related. They were parked in two cars when an another vehicle approached and fired shots. Moss said initial sketchy reports described two suspects who fled. Detectives and forensic investigators were still pursuing further information.
