PANAMA CITY BEACH — Two visitors were injured early Sunday in separate altercations, Panama City Beach Police reported.
Shortly after midnight, officers were called to a shooting in the area of Front Beach Road and Richard Jackson Boulevard. Police found Tavon Ramon Grace, 24, Humble, Texas. Grace told officers that he and another man were in an altercation when the other person pulled a handgun from his waistband and began shooting, injuring Grace. Grace was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and released, police said.
At about the same time, officers were called a short distance east to the Bikini Beach Motel where they found Demone Fowler Mawu, 18, Acworth, Georgia, who was stabbed in the abdomen. He also was taken to a local hospital where he was treated and released.
The incidents are believed to be unrelated, police said.
Neither suspect has been identified and the investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is urged to call the police at (850) 233-5000.