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Police investigating after altercation led to shots fired in Wilkes-Barre

One person was injured just before 6 p.m. near Coal Street and Wilkes-Barre Boulevard.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Police in Wilkes Barre are investigating an assault that sent one person to the hospital.

Officers say a woman got into a dispute with another person at the intersection of Coal Street and Wilkes Barre Boulevard on Sunday.

The woman was hit in the face with a gun that she had been carrying.

Both people then fired shots.

No one was hit by the shots, but the woman was treated at a hospital for injuries she received after being struck in the face.

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