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Man charged after allegedly firing gun inside grocery store in Scranton

Police responded to the Gerrity's Supermarket along South Main Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Credit: WNEP

SCRANTON, Pa. — A man has been charged after allegedly firing a gunshot inside a grocery store in Lackawanna County.

Police responded to the Gerrity's Supermarket along South Main Avenue in Scranton's West side around 4:30 p.m. Sunday for a report of a gunshot fired in the rear of the store.

Investigators say surveillance video showed a man, later identified by police as Charles Reina, 52, firing a shot inside the store before fleeing.

No one was hit by the gunfire.

Reina was taken into custody shortly after and faces several charges, including reckless endangerment and discharging a weapon within city limits.

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