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8-Year-Old Girl Shot in Wilkes-Barre

WILKES-BARRE — An 8-year-old girl was hit by gunfire in Wilkes-Barre. Police say the little girl was inside a home on West Division Street when someone fi...
WILKES-BARRE -- An 8-year-old girl was hit by gunfire in Wilkes-Barre.

Police say the little girl was inside a home on West Division Street when someone fired at least three shots into that place around 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday.

Newswatch 16 has learned that little girl has been released from the hospital and is recovering from minor injuries.

"It was four shots like boom boom boom boom and then I called 9-1-1," said neighbor Andy Makabensky.

Neighbors tell Newswatch 16 this is a bit of a surprise seeing something like this happening in this area.

"I would like to think it's an isolated incident but I would say it's kind of sad that's what society has come to," said Paul Moseley Jr.

Moseley is helping clean out his grandparents' old house just down the street on the Hanover Township side of the street.

"I've never heard of anything like this happening in my time up here," he added. "But it's interesting to hear that something like this would happen."

Investigators have not said what prompted the gunfire, but Carl Golembeski says it's a sign of the times.

"There isn't any interconnectedness or any sense of community in these environments," he said. "When you have a sense of disconnect and nobody having a sense of community behavior, these are the results."

So far, no arrests have been made as investigators continue looking for whoever is responsible for the gunfire.

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