Investigation Continues After Police Van Window is Shattered
By: Andy Mehalshick
Updated: February 27, 2013
Hazleton, Luzerne County- Eyewitness News was there just after noon-- as heavily armed City and State Police converged on Fourth and Alter streets in Hazleton. They were responding to reports of shots fired at this unmarked police van. A detective was sitting inside the van when the rear window shattered. He descibred it as the window "exploding'. Police searched several nearby buildings, fearing that a gunman was inside. Streets were also shutdown.. After about an hour the police "stood down"..not finding a gunman...
Neighbors could not believe what they were witnessing.
Police chief Frank DeAndrea told the I-Team's Andy Mehalshick they are not sure if the window was shot out or somehow smashed. .They have not found any shell casings The investigation is ongoing
Neighbors could not believe what they were witnessing.
Police chief Frank DeAndrea told the I-Team's Andy Mehalshick they are not sure if the window was shot out or somehow smashed. .They have not found any shell casings The investigation is ongoing
