{"id":160966,"date":"2026-04-09T00:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160966\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T00:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:52:10","slug":"scranton-shooting-victim-accused-of-prior-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160966\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton shooting victim accused of prior shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 After receiving treatment for gunshot wounds from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/heavy-police-presence-scene-scranton-031259188.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tuesday night shooting;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tuesday night shooting&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday night shooting<\/a>, a man was arrested for his alleged connection to a shooting several weeks prior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roderick Jenkins of Scranton, 23, was arrested Tuesday and faces multiple charges in connection with a March 15 shooting on Green Ridge Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/alleged-baby-shooting-accomplice-found-202016163.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alleged baby shooting accomplice found in Monroe County;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Alleged baby shooting accomplice found in Monroe County&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Alleged baby shooting accomplice found in Monroe County <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to Scranton police, Jenkins was found Tuesday night with a gunshot wound to the leg, treated, and taken to Geisinger Community Medical Center in an ambulance. Once released, police say he was taken into custody on an arrest warrant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jenkins is accused of shooting a man after a fight at an after-hours party. The man Jenkins allegedly shot is expected to recover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The identity of Jenkins\u2019 shooter is currently unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jenkins faces several assault charges and a $200,000 bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 After receiving treatment for gunshot wounds from a Tuesday night shooting, a man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[15114,201,72580,178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-160966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-gunshot-wounds","9":"tag-lackawanna-county","10":"tag-roderick-jenkins","11":"tag-scranton","12":"tag-scranton-headlines","13":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}