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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A man from Brooklyn, New York, was told by a Luzerne County judge in April to stay away from the Sherman Hills apartment complex.</p><p>Kareem Owens, 35, apparently didn&#8217;t listen.</p><p>Wilkes-Barre police arrested Owens minutes after he allegedly shot another man within earshot of two officers working a special security detail at the troubled apartment complex on Thursday.</p><p>Police allege Owens shot Keith Habersham in the leg and mimicked the screams of Habersham telling an officer, &#8220;That (racial slur) was yelling like a baby,&#8221; while laughing, according to charges filed.</p><p>Tashana Mickens, a witness, told police Habersham was her boyfriend and Owens was her ex-boyfriend. Mickens claimed the shooting was over a car crashing into Habersham&#8217;s tractor-trailer truck.</p><p>Court records say Judge David Lupas on April 14 sentenced Owens to five months time served in jail on charges of flight to avoid apprehension, resisting arrest and false identification in connection to a domestic dispute with Mickens on Nov. 16. Lupas told Owens not to enter Sherman Hills as part of the sentence.</p><p>Owens was arraigned Friday by District Judge Joseph Halesey in Hanover Township on two counts of aggravated assault and a single count of reckless endangerment. He was jailed at the county correctional facility for lack of $150,000 bail.</p><p>According to the criminal complaint:</p><p>Two officers on special security patrol were near the apartment high rise when they were advised by 911 there was a man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with a gun.</p><p>As the officers approached the parking lot near Building 304, they heard a gunshot and a man screaming in pain.</p><p>Owens, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, was spotted walking away from the parking lot.</p><p>Police said in the complaint Owens refused commands from an officer to get on the ground. Owens allegedly dropped a handgun when he struggled with an officer.</p><p>Police said the handgun was loaded with two rounds and had an altered serial number, the complaint says.</p><p>Owens was handcuffed after he was stunned twice by a Taser and additional officers arrived at the scene.</p><p>Habersham sustained a gunshot wound to his leg and was treated at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. Police said Habersham&#8217;s injury is non-life threatening.</p><p>Police obtained surveillance video that allegedly recorded the shooting.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Ed Lewis at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TLEdLewis</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Alleged Wilkes-Barre shooter laughs at victim’s screams