At least four people were injured Monday in a string of shootings that prompted a shelter-in-place order for some residents north of Mount Pocono, authorities said.
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Four people in Pennsylvania s Pocono Mountains region were hurt Monday evening in a series of shootings, officials said.
Gunfire was reported in A Pocono Country Place around 5 p.m., Mount Pocono Mayor Michael Penn told Fox News. Multiple victims were found at that location, according to a Monroe County Office of Emergency Management.
A second shooting was reported soon after at the Tobyhanna Shopping Center on State Route 196. Police were then dispatched to a third victim by Kings Way and the freeway. A fourth victim was found suffering from a gunshot at another location.
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Four people have been shot at multiple locations in the Poconos, and the suspects remain at large, authorities said Monday night as they continue to investigate the incidents along Route 196.
Monroe County Office of Emergency Management officials are asking residents along the Route 196 corridor between A Pocono Country Place and Pocono Farms East to shelter in place and report suspicious activity.
According to Mount Pocono Mayor Michael Penn’s Facebook page police activity is ongoing in the areas of Coolbaugh and Tobyhanna townships, although the shelter in place order has been lifted for Coolbaugh Township. Multiple police departments are involved.
A series of shootings in a community in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains that left four people wounded led to charges against five people, authorities said.