Two people were hit by gunfire in separate early morning shootings across South Tacoma on Saturday, keeping first responders busy before sunrise. Around 1 a.m., officers responded to reports of shots near Fawcett Avenue and South 86th Street, where a 17-year-old girl was found with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. About two and a half hours later, at roughly 3:30 a.m., officers discovered a man with a gunshot wound near the 4300 block of South Pine Street; he was taken to a local hospital and listed in critical condition.
According to The News Tribune, Tacoma police were first dispatched to multiple 911 calls about a gathering near Fawcett and South 86th, then later to the separate scene on South Pine Street. The outlet cited Tacoma Police Department spokesperson Shelbie Boyd as providing the initial information from both locations…