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Pair of Shootings in Wilkes-Barre
Pair of Shootings in Wilkes-Barre - Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 10:22PM EST
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY- Wilkes-Barre police are investigating separate shootings in the city -- including one that ended in arrests.
Eyewitness News was there Sunday afternoon as police served a search warrant at 41 Pine Street. That's where 26-year-old Melissa Dunn lives.
Police say Dunn and 31-year-old Jerome Kuren of Scranton tried to rob another man at the house. Investigators say Kuren threatened Craig Budde of Hazleton with a pipe.
Budde was licensed to carry a gun and shot Kuren in the foot. Kuren was treated and released.
Charges are pending against Kuren and Dunn.
And Wilkes-Barre police say another shooting also sent a man to the hospital. It happened near 15 John Street.
Police say a 32-year-old man suffered multiple gunshot wounds in this area Saturday night around 11:00.
He was taken to Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. No word on his name or condition. | |
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