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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Police provided updated information on the shooting Monday night and said the victim was a 29-year-old woman.</p><p>Police did not identify the woman who was taken to an area hospital. At the scene Monday night, Wilkes-Barre Police Department Commander of Investigations Joe Coffay said her injuries did not appear life threatening.</p><p>Initially Coffay said a girl was shot in the leg. According to the updated report: The woman reported hearing a fight involving several people outside her residence on the corner of Hutson and Metcalf streets at approximately 8:16 p.m. She went outside to bring her child into the house. As she was ushering the child in and closing the front door she felt a gunshot to her leg.</p><p>Police said detectives are investigating.</p><p><ins>For other local news stories, <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/category/local" target="_blank">click here</a>.</ins></p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre emergency medical personnel transported a 29-year-old woman to an area hospital Monday night after she was shot while bringing her child into their residence during a fight outside the house on the corner of Hutson and Metcalf streets, police said. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_Hutson-St.-shooting-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wilkes-Barre emergency medical personnel transported a 29-year-old woman to an area hospital Monday night after she was shot while bringing her child into their residence during a fight outside the house on the corner of Hutson and Metcalf streets, police said. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jerry Lynott</p><p>jlynott@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Jerry Lynott at 570-991-6120 or on Twitter @TLJerryLynott</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre police say Hutson St. shooting victim is 29-year-old woman