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Williamsport, Montoursville men charged in Columbia County shooting

Two Lycoming County men were arrested by state police in Columbia County on Wednesday after police responded to a man shot, state police said in a news release.

Aiden LaForest, 22, of Williamsport and Raymond Poust, 23, of Montoursville, were taken into custody and charged with conspiracy – homicide, attempted first degree murder with serious bodily injury, aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, aggravated assault causing bodily injury with a deadly weapon, simple assault, reckless endangerment, persons not to possess a firearm and tampering with evidence and additional charges.

Both were arraigned and bail set at $500,000. They were lodged in the Columbia County Correctional Facility.

On Tuesday at approximately 2:50 p.m. troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police Bloomsburg station were dispatched to a residence on Benjamin Road in Jackson Township in Columbia

County for a report of a male with a gunshot wound.

The male was flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville for treatment.

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