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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A man charged with shooting and killing another man outside a Plymouth bar is now scheduled to stand trial next summer.</p><p>The trial of Anthony Lamar Jackson, 38, Wilkes-Barre, is set to start July 30, 2018.</p><p>Jackson pleaded not guilty to the charges against him at his formal arraignment in Luzerne County Court on Wednesday, court documents show.</p><p>Jackson is accused in the early July 9 shooting death of Anthony James Wisneski, 34, Nanticoke.</p><p>State Police say both Jackson and Wisneski were at RisNick&#8217;s Bar in Plymouth that night.</p><p>Jackson was arguing with another patron when the defendant, the other patron, Wisneski and bar security stepped outside to settle the argument, authorities report.</p><p>It&#8217;s at this point, police say, that Jackson shot Wisneski multiple times before fleeing the scene. Officers later learned that Jackson was staying at a residence in Leola, Lancaster County, where he was apprehended later that same day.</p><p>Wisneski was a father of four, and his wife, Shannon, had warned him not to go to the East Main Street bar on the night he was killed.</p><p>Shannon said previously that she hopes Jackson spends the rest of his life in prison.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Patrick Kernan at 570-991-6386 or on Twitter @PatKernan</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Trial set for alleged killer in shooting outside Plymouth bar