GREAT BEND TWP, Pa. (WBNG) — Three victims have been identified, and a Hallstead man has been arrested on numerous charges following a deadly shooting in Great Bend on Monday, according to information from Pennsylvania State Police.
Around 6 p.m. on Monday, July 13, state police were sent to a residence on Baptist Hill Road in Great Bend Township for a reported shooting. When troopers got to the scene, they found that three men were dead at the residence.
The victims have been identified as:
Phillip Johnson, 53, of Hallstead, PAKevin Igo, 38, of Susquehanna, PAFrank Talarico Jr., 29, of Binghamton, NY
As troopers were investigating the scene, they found Garrett Austin Johnson, 29, of Hallstead, who was arrested on the following charges:
Three counts of criminal homicide, a felony.Two counts of simple assault, a grade two misdemeanor.Resisting arrest, a grade two misdemeanor.Three counts of recklessly endangering another person, a felony
The gun used in the incident was found by investigators at the scene, troopers said, and there is no threat to the public.
Johnson was processed and arraigned before a judge. He was later taken to the Lackawanna County Prison without bail, troopers said.
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