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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; City police are seeking information on a robbery that resulted in a woman going to the hospital for a gunshot wound Wednesday.</p><p>At approximately 7 p.m., officers were dispatched to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for a 25-year-old gunshot victim who walked in.</p><p>While speaking with officers, she was hesitant to provide details as to how she got shot.</p><p>However, she did say she was robbed by a tall dark-skinned male and a short light-skinned male. But she was unsure where the robbery happened, giving police two separate locations.</p><p>A press release from police on the incident lists the location of the robbery as Winter Lane, which is between Grant and Sherman streets and near Northampton Street.</p><p>The woman, who is from Wilkes-Barre, underwent surgery for her non-life threatening wound.</p><p>Police say an investigation continues.</p><style>
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WB Police: Gunshot victim was robbed