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Update: Police Say Landlord Shot Tenant in Buttocks Over Cigarettes

SCRANTON — What was first thought to be a fight over rent, police now say was a fight over cigarettes that lead to a man being shot. Police charged Robert...

SCRANTON -- What was first thought to be a fight over rent, police now say was a fight over cigarettes that lead to a man being shot.

Police charged Robert Klemish late Monday night with shooting Michael Karasevich inside a home on West Parker Street in north Scranton around 2:30 p.m. Monday.

According to court papers, Klemish wanted one of his tenants to roll him a cigarette and no one would do it.

Scranton police charged Klemish with aggravated assault and discharging a firearm.

Police say the victim, Karasevich, was shot in the buttocks and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

According to arrest papers, the other tenants living inside the home owned by Klemish told police Klemish was in a bad mood and wanted someone to roll him a cigarette. When no one would do that he began threatening to shoot those tenants including Karasevich.

Karasevich told police he and the other tenants, including a 17-year-old boy, were hiding in a bedroom when Klemish shot him through the door.

Klemish surrendered to officers without incident. According to arrest papers, Klemish told police he fired the gun by accident.

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