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2 charged after exchange of gunfire outside Schuylkill County bar wounds 4

  • The Associated Press
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(Pottsville) — Authorities say one man has been charged with attempted homicide and another with aggravated assault in an exchange of gunfire outside a Schuylkill County bar that sent four people to medical facilities for treatment.

State police say two men leaving Woody’s Bar in Pottsville early Saturday got into an argument and pulled guns.

One man was hit, and police allege another man then picked up his gun and returned fire.

An arriving police officer also discharged his weapon.

One man was critically injured while another man was listed as stable, and two other men were hit in the crossfire

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