Woman Shot in the Arm at Trenton House Party

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Woman shot in the arm at Trenton house party

By Jon Offredo/The Times of Trenton
on November 30, 2013 at 7:20 PM, updated November 30, 2013 at 7:21 PM

TRENTON — A 24-year-old female was shot in the forearm after gunfire erupted at a Chambersburg house party that got out of control early Saturday morning, police said.

Trenton police responded to a call for shots fired around the 200 block of Ashmore Avenue at 2:39 a.m. While en route to the scene, police were notified that a female with a gunshot wound to the right forearm had been taken by a private party to St. Francis Hospital, Lt. Mark Kieffer said.

The female was not believed to be the intended victim and her injuries were not life-threatening, Kieffer said.

The victim said she heard shots fired and then felt pain in her right forearm, Kieffer said.

Police are looking for the suspect they believe fired a couple shots outside of the house party, and one, which hit the woman, inside the house.

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