6/7/16
by News Department on 06/07/16Warrant for shooting...
Pottsville police have obtained a warrant charging 39 year old Courtland Irving Stackpole III, with attempted homicide for shooting at another man in the city Monday morning.
According to the Republican Herald, Police Chief Richard F. Wojciechowsky said officers were called to the area of the 500 block of East Market Street for a report of shots fired and subsequently received information from a local hospital that a man came in for treatment of a gunshot wound.
The victim, only identified as a 50-year-old Pottsville resident, was inside his vehicle parked in the 500 block of East Market Street when two men approached from behind his Chevrolet Suburban and one
fired a round from a shotgun into the window of the SUV. Then, as the victim exited the vehicle, the same assailant, later identified as Stackpole, fired a second round at him.
Stackpole is described as being white, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall with a thin build, blue eyes and light-colored hair.
Wojciechowsky said he has not been seen since the 2:40 a.m. incident and asks that anyone with information on his whereabouts call police at 570-628-3792.
