PORT CARBON, Pa. — Curtis Branch was led into his arraignment in Port Carbon, where he was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and illegal possession of a firearm for shooting the woman he lives with at the 300 block of Coal Street in the borough.
State police were executing a search warrant at the home where the shooting took place.
Port Carbon police came to the house after that woman showed up at their station with a gunshot wound to her neck.
She's now hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
"They pulled in in a blue van or truck. And they pull out shotguns. And they start coming up the street, and they said, 'go in your house,'" said Denise Darinsig of Port Carbon.
"That kind of police activity, I'm thinking maybe stand-off, even too because at that point. These guys, the cops that she said were down there, once they got about here, they started running," added Robert Murry of Port Carbon.
State police say the couple began fighting around 1 p.m. inside their home.
When the woman went outside to leave, investigators say that he shot her.
She then drove to the police station.
Neighbors say they saw him shoot her after she got into this white vehicle.
"She left and got into her vehicle, and he came and put his gun up to the window and shot her," said April Tedrick of Port Carbon.
Neighbors on Coal Street say the couple is known to have very loud fights with each other, and those fights sometimes end up on the street.
"Yeah, they did, constantly, especially if they'd be drinking," said Doloris Savadyga of Port Carbon.
Court papers show that when police arrived, Branch was still outside. They took him into custody immediately.
