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Employee allegedly shoots man inside Old Lycoming Township business

By Philip A. Holmes 2 min read

One man was shot and gravely wounded in a shooting that occurred just inside the Cable Services Company, 2113 Marydale Ave, just west of Dewey Avenue, in Old Lycoming Township about 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Lycoming Regional police confirmed.

Another man is being detained for questioning, and a firearm was recovered at the scene, Capt. Christopher Kriner told a reporter outside the one-story business.

“Everything is safe and secure here,” Kriner said.

The shooting occurred about 10 feet inside the building, Kriner said.

Investigators said the shooter is an employee of the business.

Both the victim and the shooter know one another, Kriner confirmed.

The victim walked into the Cable Services Company and confronted the shooter, investigators said.

Once officers arrived, the gunman surrendered, was placed into the back seat of a cruiser and taken to police headquarters for questioning, investigators said.

When firefighters and paramedics arrived, the victim was in cardiac arrest. The emergency responders immediately began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him.

Several minutes went by before one of the emergency responders rushed out of the building to get more medical supplies out of an ambulance.

“They have a pulse,” the emergency worker said.

The victim was brought out on a stretcher, loaded into the back of the ambulance, which rushed to UPMC Williamsport.

At the time of this writing, there was no word on the victim’s medical condition.

Besides Lycoming Regional police, numerous other law enforcement officers responded to the business.

Yellow barrier tape was put up around the front of the building.

In the company parking lot, a woman sobbed as she was embraced by a man. A short time later, another man and woman hugged one another quietly in the lot.

A section of Marydale Avenue was closed for at least an hour.

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