26-year-old jailed after killing in area apartment
A 26-year-old East Stroudsburg man is being held without bail on charges he shot and killed a 25-year-old man on Thursday afternoon in the Monroe County borough , authorities report. Stroud Area Regional officers were called at 3:25 p.m. to a shooting in one of the apartments on Barnum Street, police said in a Facebook post. The shooting scene is about a block from the police station , reports indicated. The man, who had a chest wound and was found in an apartment doorway, was taken by Suburban EMS to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. MORE: Scout leader charged with molesting 3 Witness interviews led to a suspect, police said. A 9 mm semiautomatic handgun with obliterated serial numbers was recovered at the scene, police said. Lashawn Marquis Sanders was arrested and arraigned at 10:45 p.m. before District Judge Phillip R. Riley on charges of homicide and possession of a firearm with an altered serial number , police and court records said. Sanders wa...