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The 17-year-old arrested in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy faces multiple charges, including first-degree murder.
William Isaac Kalama will be charged as an adult, which is automatic under law, according to the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office. Kalama also faces two counts of second-degree murder, first-degree assault, drive-by shooting, and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm.
Just before 3 p.m. on Jan. 12, Tacoma police were dispatched to the area of East 40th Street and Portland Avenue East for a shooting. Witnesses reported hearing six to eight gunshots, according to probable cause documents.
Police found 14-year-old Xaviar Siess with a gunshot wound to the left side of his abdomen. He was shot while standing at a bus stop with three other youths - one was applying pressure to the wound.
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