PSP: Man charged after deadly Schuylkill County shooting

EAST UNION TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities say a man is dead and another is in prison facing charges after a deadly shooting Saturday in Schuylkill County.

Pennsylvania State Police Frackville say they were called at about 8:00 p.m. to the unit block of Franklin Street in East Union Township to help in a death investigation that happened the morning of September 28.

After their investigation, troopers say 67-year-old John Francis Gustites was taken into custody and was charged with third-degree criminal homicide, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault, and aggravated assault.

Gustites was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge David Plachko and is currently being held at the Schuylkill County Prison.

According to Schuylkill County Coroner David Moylan, a deputy coroner was called to the scene and said a younger man and his father got into an altercation before the younger man was shot and killed.

Moylan says a post-mortem CT Scan is set for Monday.

It’s not clear at this time what led to the altercation and 28/22 News will give updates as new information is made available.

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