Jan 19, 2021
There are still far more questions than answers after four people were shot in four separate shootings in the Poconos Monday evening. Pocono Mountain Police Chief Chris Wagner says they got their first report of shots fired around 5pm at Pocono Country Place, a private community in Coolbaugh Township. As officers began to respond to that location, in short succession and in a very rapid amount of time, we started to receive other calls regarding additional shootings in the township, Wagner says. A 47-year-old woman was shot in the back and a 19-year-old man was shot in the arm in that first incident. A second shots fired report came at the Tobyhanna Shopping Plaza, however nobody was hit there. Shortly thereafter, a third report came in at Stogie s Smoke Shop along Route 196. A 20-year-old man was shot in the head and seriously wounded there. A fourth shooting then happened at the intersection of Campbell Way and Kings Way. That left a 20-year-old man shot i