Shooting in Sharon Kills 1, Injures 2 Others

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Updated: 11/06/2009 5:39 pm

An early morning shooting in Sharon kills one and injures two others.

Police say the incident happened around 2am Friday morning in the 800 block of Wallis avenue.  Chief Mike Menster tells us the suspect walked up to a van and started shooting. An unidentified 18 year old male was struck by gunfire in the torso and killed. Two others, a husband and wife, were also hit. The 21 year old male was also hit in the torso and his 20 year old wife was hit in the head.  They were both taken to Sharon Regional Hospital for treatment.  Their injuries are said to be non-life threatening.

Police are trying to determined if there was return gunfire from inside the van.

There are no suspects at this time.

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