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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; An autopsy is scheduled Friday on a man who died following a shooting at the Sherman Hills apartment complex Wednesday night.</p><p>Luzerne County Coroner William Lisman identified the victim as 32-year-old Devon Clive Stevens Jr.</p><p>Lisman said Stevens&#8217; address is Miami, Fla. However, court records list his address as 713 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>City police earlier Thursday incorrectly identified the victim as Devon &#8220;Johnny&#8221; Thomas.</p><p>Police found Stevens with multiple gunshot wounds to the body outside Building 308 at about 10:21 p.m. Stevens was transported to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center where he died shortly after arrival, police said.</p><p>No charges have been filed.</p><p>Police suspect Stevens was involved in an argument with one or more people inside a dark colored vehicle. As the argument escalated, a person in the vehicle pulled out a firearm and fired multiple rounds striking Stevens, who collapsed in front of the apartment building.</p><p>Troopers with the state police Forensic Services Unit processed the scene late Wednesday into Thursday morning. Detectives with the Luzerne County district attorney&#8217;s office are assisting with the investigation.</p><p>Any witnesses or anyone with any information concerning the shooting is asked to contact the Wilkes-Barre Police Detective Division at at 570-208-4222 and ask for either Det. Casey or Det. Harding.</p><p>Court records say an arrest warrant was issued for Stevens on Oct. 5, when city police charged him with drug trafficking offenses.</p><p>In another case, Stevens was paroled from state prison in 2016 while serving a 15- to 30-month sentence on a firearm offense in Hanover Township, according to court records.</p><p><strong>Troubled history</strong></p><p>Building 308 at Sherman Hills has been the scene of shootings, stabbings and drug arrests in recent years.</p><p>A brief history:</p><p>&#8226; May 31, 2015: Police recovered evidence of a shooting in a hallway. While officers were at the scene, a 20-year-old man arrived at a hospital to be treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound he received inside the apartment building.</p><p>&#8226; Aug. 21, 2014: Multiple shell casings and bullet holes were found in a hallway and apartment doors. </p><p>&#8226; Dec. 27, 2013: Two people were shot inside an apartment and both traveled to a hospital in New Jersey to be medically treated to avoid prosecution in Luzerne County. Police served a search warrant, finding evidence of a shooting, marijuana and ecstasy.</p><p>&#8226; Dec. 4, 2013: Two people were arrested after a handgun was discharged inside a second-floor apartment. The round passed through the floor and nearly struck a girl who was sleeping in a first-floor apartment.</p><p>&#8226; Nov. 25, 2013: A 22-year-old woman was arrested on charges she stabbed a 28-year-old woman in a hallway.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The Sherman Hills apartment complex in Wilkes-Barre was the site of a fatal shooting Wednesday evening. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/web1_TTL070618ShermanHills1-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>The Sherman Hills apartment complex in Wilkes-Barre was the site of a fatal shooting Wednesday evening. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Updated: Man dies after shooting in Sherman Hills complex