Mahanoy City Police and other local law enforcement responded to a a report of shots fired outside a bar on Christmas morning.
According to Mahanoy City Police Chief Mark Wiekrykas, around 4:00am, Saturday morning, police were called to the 100 Block of East Centre Street in the borough, outside of Rmusic21, also known as the Hookah Lounge, after an unknown person fired two shots into the air.
The suspect fled prior to police arriving.
Chief Wiekrykas said that no injuries were reported during the incident but one person was taken into custody for refusing to cooperate with police.
This area has been a hot spot of activity after one person was shot and killed and another was injured outside the same bar on October 24th, 2021.
State Police continue to the look for Santanio Pierre Malone, aka "Sosa", 36, with a last known address in Shenandoah, who is wanted for the first incident.