Police are searching for a man who shot a woman in the leg Tuesday in Hanover Twp.
Police surrounded a South Wilkes-Barre apartment building to execute a search warrant related to the shooting, but have not apprehended the gunman, Police Chief Michael Boyle said.
"This was a very specific act that was done to a very specific person in his life," Boyle said. "Nothing that would lead me to believe anyone" is in danger.
Nonetheless, officers urged neighbors to stay in their homes. The situation unfolded at 111 Old River Road about 11 a.m. Police cars blocked the street between Miner and Maffett streets.
A city police officer monitored an alley behind the building. Another officer holding a weapon stood near a police car at Old River Road and Miner Street.
Boyle called that standard operating procedure and not an indication of a standoff.
Wilkes-Barre School District officials locked down Kistler Elementary School a few blocks away. The school, scheduled for early dismissal, later allowed students to go home, though later than expected.
Hanover Twp. Manager Sam Guesto said a woman driving a white SUV pulled into the township municipal building parking lot about 9 a.m.
The woman "actually laid on her horn for quite some time seeking assistance for what was found out to be a bullet, gunfire through her side door," Guesto said.
The woman suffered a leg wound, he said.
"It happened on one of our streets here in the township, where it was an incident involving two people that knew each other, and the female drove here wounded," Guesto said.
Three township clerks went outside "to see, to notice what was going on," then called 911, he said.
The township building was closed until about 1:30 p.m.
Other than to confirm the connection between the Hanover shooting and the South Wilkes-Barre scene, District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce declined to comment.
