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BB Gun Shooting Sends Man To Lehigh Valley Hospital: Hazleton Police

A man was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital after being shot with what is believed to be a BB gun, according to the Hazleton City Police Department.

The intersection of West 10th Street and North Locust Street in Hazleton, PA.

The intersection of West 10th Street and North Locust Street in Hazleton, PA.

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Officers were dispatched to the area of West 10th and North Locust streets for a gunshot victim Friday, Sept. 27, police said. However, when they arrived the man who had been shot told them he'd been sitting outside when he felt a sharp pain in his right side.

The man told police that he'd heard a noise and the pain followed immediately after, according to police. When the officers looked the man over for wound they found a small puncture wound similar to a shot from a BB gun. He was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A search warrant is being executed on a home in the same area where the shot was possibly fired from, police said. No arrests have been made at this time.

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