WATSONTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania State Police Trooper was wounded Wednesday morning during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect in Northumberland County.
According to a release for state police, the trooper was investigating a domestic disturbance on East 4th Street in Watsontown. The suspect took off and was found in an apartment complex at 635 8th Street, Delaware Township, around 8:15 a.m.
John Gummo was inside his home near Watsontown when he heard gunshots.
"I went to the window, and I saw a man down here in the field, and he was down. Then I saw a state policeman, and he had been shot," Gummo recalled.
Investigators say that trooper and Watsontown Police were investigating a domestic disturbance on East 4th Street in Watsontown. Hunter Shaheen, 19, took off and was found in nearby Delaware Township around 8:15 a.m.
"I saw a whole bunch of them come up through 8th Street all the way through down here where the red light is, and they went all the way past our house. Then they went clear all the way out towards Warrior Run High School," neighbor Charles Frehafer said.
Shots were fired, and Shaheen and the trooper were both hit. The trooper suffered a wound to his leg and was treated and released from the hospital.
Shaheen is stable. He faces charges related to the domestic disturbance and the shooting.
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