One man was injured Thursday night when an argument fueled an exchange of gunfire between several people in an apartment complex parking lot in the Midland area.

Deputies found the 20-year-old victim in a car that was stopped after it had fled the scene, sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said. Investigators were surveying hospitals to see if there were any other victims from the shootout.

"We may have more people who were shot that we don't know yet," Troyer said.

Several people were involved in an argument about 9:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Woodmark Apartments in the 2400 block of 96th Street South, Troyer said.

The words led to gunfire. Troyer said several rounds were fired by several people wielding several weapons.

When the bullets stopped, everybody involved fled. Deputies stopped some suspects in the area.

In one car, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. They also found drugs. The car was towed for further investigation, Troyer said.

No arrests were immediately report but detectives were investigating.

A teenage boy was seriously injured early today when he and two friends were handling a loaded handgun and it went off inside a South End home, Tacoma police reported.

The boy, described as either 14 or 15, was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment after being shot in the face.

"He's going to survive but it's going to be life altering," Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.

The shooting occurred about 12:15 a.m. in the 5600 block of South Park Avenue. Two teenage boys had gone to the home of another teenage friend and brought two guns with them, Fulghum said. The boys were in the basement while other family members were upstairs.

The boys were handling at least one of the guns and might not have realized it was loaded, Fulghum said. The gun went off, striking one of the boys in the face.

The other two boys took off, Fulghum said. Officers found the two a short time later in the area.

Detectives responded to the scene. They were still trying to sort through what happened. As part of their investigation, detectives will be researching where the teens got the guns, Fulghum said. It appears the guns were seized by officers.

Tacoma police were investigating a shooting early Friday on the Hilltop.

No one was injured in the incident. Officers collected 10 shell casings from the street and the sidewalk, police spokesman Mark Fulghum reported.

Tacoma police were called to the 2300 block of South Wilkeson Street just after midnight Friday for a report of several shots being fired.

A resident reported seeing several suspected gang members sneak around the side of his house. One person fired a gun, police reported.

The gunman - described as a black man wearing a white bandana, white sweatshirt and blue jeans - fled.

A police dog searched the area but lost the track a short distance from the scene.

Tacoma Police are working to find the suspect in a shooting on Tacoma's East Side on Thursday night.

Police spokesman Mark Fulghum said a man in his mid-20s shot his stepfather after an argument at about 8:45 p.m. and fled. No additional description of the suspect is available.

The victim, a 48-year-old man, was taken to Tacoma General Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. The injury is not life-threatening, Fulghum said.

MORNING UPDATE: The 24-year-ld suspect in this incident turned himself into the Pierce County Jail, Tacoma police reported.

The shooting occurred in the 1000 block of East 64th Street. The suspect got into an argument with his father. The argument spilled outside and the suspect went out to his vehicle to retrieve a shotgun.

The son fired one blast from the shotgun. The father was struck in the leg as he stood on the front porch with his 2-year-old granddaughter. The granddaughter was hit in the hand and may lose a finger as a result, police reported.

The injuries to both victims were not considered life threatening.

Officers initially located the suspect's vehicle at a North End address. The suspect later turned himself in and was booked into the jail on assault charges.

Here's a few of the crime incidents from the City of Tacoma this past weekend.

Officers responded to a home-invasion robbery on South Pine Street. Find the story about that information here.

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On Friday night, a man was found severely beaten in the roadway in the area of North 10th and Adams streets, police reported.

He suffered serious head injuries after someone beat him with a baseball bat.

Officers investigated and were able to identify a suspect in the beating. The suspect beat the victim because he believed the victim was bothering the suspect's girlfriend.

Paramedics took the victim to Madigan Army Medical Center for treatment of his serious injuries.

Officers were searching for the suspect.

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Also on Friday night, Tacoma and military police arrested 10 military personnel after they were throwing explosive devices into yards in South Tacoma.

Officers were called to the 3400 block of South 62nd Street for fireworks, police reported. They contacted several neighbors who said people from a party were throwing explosive devices into their yards.

The devices produced a large amount of smoke and then a brief fireball.

Officers went to the party house, which was filled with military personnel. Tacoma police contacted a military police liaison.

Ten military personnel were taken into custody and taken down to TPD headquarters, police reported. Officers learned the devices were military grade.

The military police took custody of the 10 suspects and indicated they would face charges of possession of stolen property and unlawful detonation of explosive devices.

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One man was critically injured in a shooting Saturday in a South Tacoma alley.

Tacoma police reported two suspects opened fire on a party in an alley behind South 67th and Monroe streets. The gunmen fired at least seven rounds.

Two people were hit - one person was struck in the hand and the other in the leg and lower abdomen. The more seriously injured victim, identified as a known gang member, was taken to a local hospital, police reported.

He was initially listed in critical condition with life threatening injuries. He remains in critical condition but his injuries are no longer considered life threatening, police reported.

Tacoma police detectives and forensics specialists processed the crime scene for evidence.

Tacoma police were searching for two men suspected of firing several shots into a South End home early Friday.

The bullets caused property damage only. No one was injured, police reported.

According to officers, two men went to a home in the 4500 block of South L Street just after 1 a.m. They knocked on the door and asked for an occupant of the residence.

The person was not home at the time, police reported. The other occupants of the house didn't open the door and instead, shut off the lights.

Moments later, several shots were heard. Several bullets struck the house, going through a bedroom and front window, police reported.

Officers set up containment in the area and a police dog searched for the suspects. They were not located.

The forensics unit responded to the scene and processed the house for evidence.

Tacoma police were investigating an early morning driveby shooting on the city's East Side.

No injuries were reported in the incident.

Officers were called to a home in the 600 block of East 56th Street at 12:25 a.m. for a possible driveby shooting, police reported.

When officers arrived, they found the home had several bullet holes. They recovered several shell casings in the roadway.

No suspect information was provided to officers when they arrived, police reported.

The investigation is ongoing.

The shooting occurred close to the area where an 18-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday night. Alrick A. Hendricks was killed in the 700 block of East 55th Street.

No arrests have been made and no motive for the slaying has been released. Tacoma police has said Hendricks might have been in a dispute with another man right before his death.

It's not known whether the driveby shooting is related to the homicide.

Hendricks death is the seventh homicide in the City of Tacoma so far this year.

Tacoma police continue to investigate two shootings Sunday night - one of which was deadly.

No arrests have been reported in either shooting.

"The two are not related," Tacoma police spokeswoman Gretchen Aguirre said this morning. "They just happen to be in the city."

The first shooting occurred at 7:45 p.m. in a apartment complex in the 5600 block of North 37th Street, police reported. Officers found a 19-year-old man suffering for gunshot wounds in the complex.

Investigators learned he was somehow associated with an apartment in the complex. The young man was taken to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries. He remained in critical condition this morning, Aguirre said.

Detectives were trying to figure out what happened and were interviewing witnesses.

Forty-seven minutes later, officers were called to the 700 block of East 55th Street for a report of a gunshot victim in the roadway.

Officers arrived and found an 18-year-old man dead of "obviously gunshot wounds," police reported.

Officers established a crime scene and homicide detectives were called out. They were interviewing witnesses to determine what happened.

Police officials have said the victim might have been in a dispute with another man.

The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office has not yet released the name of the homicide victim.

Pierce County prosecutors have filed eluding charges against a 27-year-old man suspected of firing a gun at a gas station, then running from Lakewood police on Friday night.

Isidoro Cardenas-Rauda was charged Monday with driveby shooting and attempting to elude a pursing police vehicle while being armed with a gun.

Court documents give the following information:

Lakewood police were called to a gas station in the 127000 block of Bridgeport Way Southwest just before 10:30 p.m. Friday. Several witnesses reported that a minivan drove into the gas station parking lot. A man, later identified as Cardenas-Rauda, opened the driver's side door, pointed a handgun and fired twice into the ground.

The van then took off. Patrol officers spotted the van in Lakewood and initiated a traffic stop. The van took off at a high rate of speed and "ignored the rules of the road in an effort to avoid capture," court documents state.

The van finally rolled to a stop but not before Cardenas-Rauda got out and tried to run away. He was taken into custody after a short pursuit and struggle.

Officers found a .380-caliber gun on the van's driver's seat and a spent shell casing inside the vehicle.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has put a hold on Cardenas-Rauda because he might be in the country illegally. It also appeared he didn't have a license to carry the firearm.

Two teenagers were shot Monday night in Auburn and police were searching for the gunman.

The shooting was reported just after 9:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of 30th Street Southeast. Officers arrived and found a 17-year-old boy with gunshot wounds to the chest and a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the arm, police reported.

The 17-year-old was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment. He was in critical condition, the Valley Regional Fire Authority reported. The older man was taken to Auburn Regional Medical Center.

Officers were searching for a suspect known to the victims in connection with the shooting, police reported.

No information was initially released about a possible motive in the case.

Local law enforcement officers have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of shooting another man last month in University Place.

Andre Newkirk had multiple warrants out for his arrest. Prosecutors have charged him with first-degree assault in connection with the shooting. He also had unrelated warrants on charges of second-degree child assault, second-degree identity theft and second-degree theft.

Prosecutors have accused Newkirk of shooting a man in the hand and chest the night of June 24 after a fight outside an apartment in the 5600 block of Hannah Pierce Road in University Place.

According to court documents, the victim was at the apartment complex to visit his child. At some point, he got into an argument with the child's mother's boyfriend.

The argument turned physical outside. The victim is suspected of hitting a woman during the fight.

"The woman turned out to be of interest to a man later identified as Newkirk," court documents state. "Newkirk withdrew a handgun from his person and fired a gunshot at (the victim). (The victim) tried to
flee. Newkirk pursued and fired a second shot at (the victim)."

Newkirk fled on foot. Witnesses identified Newkirk as the shooter, court documents state.

The victim is expected to survive his injuries.

Newkirk turned himself into police. He was booked into Pierce County Jail shortly after midnight early Saturday.

Newkirk is scheduled to make his first court appearance today.

Puyallup Tribal and Tacoma police officers talk at the scene of a shooting on Thursday afternoon. Brian Everstine/The News Tribune

Tacoma and Puyallup Tribal police are investigating a shooting that injured one man on Columbia Avenue East.

Multiple shots were fired at about 5:45 p.m. in the 2000 block of Columbia Avenue East. One man was hit in the torso, and friends drove him to St. Joseph's Medical Center, Tacoma Police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.

Police are working to locate the shooter and to determine what led to the shooting.