WEST HAZLETON, PA — One man was shot and another assaulted early Monday morning at a home on East Broad Street.
Borough police were dispatched to the 200 block of East Broad Street for multiple reports of shots fired just before 12:30 a.m. and found Joshua L. Crutch, 20, of West Hazleton, on the second floor of 227 E. Broad St. with a gunshot wound to his leg.
Police also found Leshawn Williams, 21, of West Hazleton, in the residence. Williams had suffered lacerations and contusions to his face, police said.
Crutch was transported to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Williams was taken to Hazleton General Hospital for evaluation and was treated and released, according to police Chief Brian Buglio.
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