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<p>WILLIAMSPORT &#8212; An eastern Pennsylvania woman killed as she walked out of a residence likely wasn&#8217;t the target of the shooting that killed her.</p><p>Williamsport police <a href="http://bit.ly/1NedDU7" target="_blank">tell the Williamsport Sun-Gazette</a> that Carolyn Barr was walking out of a residence with someone else. They&#8217;ve stopped short of saying whether he was the intended target, but say that man, a 22-year-old parolee, was also wounded. They didn&#8217;t immediately release his name.</p><p>Assistant police Chief Timothy Miller says police believe &#8220;the suspect was not intentionally shooting her, but that he intended to harm someone else.&#8221;</p><p>Police didn&#8217;t immediately identify the suspect.</p><p>They also said they&#8217;re investigating whether Barr was caught in a crossfire, but so far police can&#8217;t be sure that the other person near her fired any shots.</p><p>The shooting occurred Tuesday evening, the eve of her 56th birthday.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By The Associated Press</p></bylineMeta></div>

Williamsport woman killed, but not likely target of shooting