Gunman tells police shooting at Lycoming Township trailer court was self-defense
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The man who was shot to death Thursday night outside a trailer at the Fairlawn Court, 3605 Lycoming Creek Road, has been identified as Brian M. Miller, 44, of South Second Street, Hughesville, according to Lycoming County Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr.
At autopsy was done Friday morning at the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown. All indications were that Miller died of a gunshot wound to the upper body, according to investigators.
Police and paramedics rushed to the trailer court about 6:50 p.m. for a shooting victim.
“Jeremy Weston, a resident of the trailer court, called 911 to report that he shot Miller in self-defense outside a trailer,” Old Lycoming Township police Sgt. Christopher Kriner said Friday. Weston was the first to call 911, but there were others, Kriner said.
“Miller was lying on the ground unresponsive from a gunshot wound to the chest. Weston indicated to police that he shot Miller,” Kriner, the department’s officer in-charge, said. A deputy county coroner pronounced Miller dead at the scene.
Weston was taken to township police headquarters for questioning and later released. Old Lycoming Township provides police services for Lycoming Township, where the trailer court is located.
“Officers recovered a firearm at the scene which was legally registered to Weston,” Kriner said.
Investigators learned that “Miller had been involved in a physical altercation with two identified females in the trailer court minutes before he was killed,” the investigator said.
Both women were “protected parties in active protection-from-abuse orders filed against Miller,” Kriner said.
“The investigation is continuing and no criminal charges will be filed until the District Attorney’s Office has the opportunity to review the autopsy report as well as scene-reconstructive reports,” Kriner said.
Investigators are still trying to locate Miller’s estranged wife. Anyone with information is asked to call the Lycoming County Coroner’s Office at 570-327-2305.