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<p>HANOVER TWP. &#8212; Township police are seeking a silver or gray SUV that had its windows shot out during gunplay late Friday at the Hanover Village Apartment complex.</p><p>Police found one gunshot victim and believe several firearms were used in the incident, according to a report.</p><p>The victim was taken to an area hospital with &#8220;non-life threatening injuries,&#8221; police say.</p><p>A resident of the complex, who would not give his name, said he was sitting on his couch when he heard about 15 shots being fired just before 11 p.m. He then heard a vehicle speed away.</p><p>The resident went out to the complex&#8217;s parking lot and saw a man down on the ground with gunshot wounds to both legs.</p><p>The resident said he tried to ask the man if he was OK, but he couldn&#8217;t understand what he was saying because the victim was speaking Spanish.</p><p>Officers were on the scene for at least several hours, searching nearby woods for evidence.</p><p>A state trooper placed numbered evidence markers near clothes and other items left behind in the parking lot.</p><p>There were also up to nine red shotgun shells seen on the pavement, plus shattered glass near an area cordoned off with police tape.</p><p>The shooting occurred at the bottom part of the complex, which is a circle of apartments just off Division Street.</p><p>Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hanover Township Police Department at 570-825-1254.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Smashed glass is seen near an area cordoned off with police tape after a shooting late Friday at the Hanover Village apartment complex in Hanover Township. One man suffered gunshot wounds, police say. Authorities were seeking a silver or gray SUV with its windows shot out. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/web1_hanovershooting1-1-1-3.jpg</photo0><caption0>Smashed glass is seen near an area cordoned off with police tape after a shooting late Friday at the Hanover Village apartment complex in Hanover Township. One man suffered gunshot wounds, police say. Authorities were seeking a silver or gray SUV with its windows shot out. </caption0><photoCredit0>Michael Reich | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/web1_hanovershooting2-1-1-3.jpg">
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