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

Pierce County sheriff’s deputies found the 20-year-old wounded man in a car that was stopped after it had fled the scene, sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said. Investigators were checking area hospitals for other victims from the shootout.

“We may have more people who were shot that we don’t know yet,” Troyer said.

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

The words led to gunfire by several armed people, Troyer said. When the shooting stopped, everybody involved fled.

Deputies stopped some suspects in the area. In one car, they found the man with a gunshot wound and some drugs, Troyer said. The car was towed for further investigation. No arrests were reported but detectives were investigating.

Stacey Mulick, The News Tribune