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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The Sherman Hills apartment complex was the site of a fatal shooting on Sunday night.</p><p>Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis confirmed the fatal shooting of one male victim.</p><p>Salavantis said she was unable to provide any additional information prior to press deadline on Sunday.</p><p>City police, fire department and emergency vehicles were on scene shortly after the call came in to Luzerne County 911 at about 8:15 p.m.</p><p>Luzerne County Coroner Bill Lisman and a representative from the District Attorney&#8217;s Office were on scene at about 9 p.m.</p><p>A Pennsylvania State Police Forensic Services Unit arrived at about 9:30 p.m.</p><p>Police would not release any information prior to press deadline.</p><p>The troubled apartment complex has been the site of several fatal shootings and other violent crimes over the past several years.</p><p>Sherman Hills Holdings LLC, affiliated with Treetop Development LLC of Teaneck, New Jersey, bought the 344-unit complex for $15.8 million from Sherman Hills Realty LLC of Brooklyn, New York, which was warned that its Section 8 rent subsidies were in jeopardy after an &#8220;unsatisfactory&#8221; rating issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from a 2013 inspection.</p><p>HUD was critical of the management by the former owner and directed it to address safety and security issues that endangered the lives of the tenants.</p><p>Wilkes-Barre city officials also identified Sherman Hills as a trouble spot where police responded to reports of robberies, assaults and shootings. The city fined the former the former owner $33,000 for rental inspection violations, but negotiated a settlement of $17,500 in February 2014 in order to avoid a prolonged legal fight over the amount of fines.</p><p>As a result of the growing concern for the safety of the residents and the public U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Moosic, created a task force of community leaders and local and state elected officials that same year.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A Wilkes-Barre police officer takes photos at the scene of a shooting at the Sherman Hills apartment complex in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/web1_shooting2_faa-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>A Wilkes-Barre police officer takes photos at the scene of a shooting at the Sherman Hills apartment complex in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday night. </caption0><photoCredit0>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/web1_shooting1_faa-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">A Wilkes-Barre police cruiser is parked a distance away from the high-rise apartment building at the Sherman Hills aparment complex in Wilkes-Barre, where a fatal shooting occurred Sunday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/web1_shooting1_faa-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>A Wilkes-Barre police cruiser is parked a distance away from the high-rise apartment building at the Sherman Hills aparment complex in Wilkes-Barre, where a fatal shooting occurred Sunday night. </caption1><photoCredit1>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Geri Gibbons</p><p>ggibbons@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Geri Gibbons at 570-991-6117 or on Twitter @TLGGibbons.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

DA: One male shot, killed at Sherman Hills apartments in Wilkes-Barre