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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The Luzerne County Corner&#8217;s Office has identified the 18-year-old male shot on North Pennsylvania Avenue late Friday.</p><p>Jacob T. Shedlock was pronounced dead at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital at 11:20 p.m. Friday, according to county Coroner William Lisman.</p><p>An autopsy on the Laurel Run teen is scheduled for Monday.</p><p>City police are investigating the shooting as a homicide.</p><p>Shedlock was shot one time in the torso, officers reported.</p><p>According to a press release on the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department&#8217;s Facebook page:</p><p>Police responded to 768 N. Pennsylvania Ave. in reference to a shooting at approximately 10:57 p.m.</p><p>When police arrived, they found a white male with a gunshot wound.</p><p>A short time after his arrival at the hospital, the victim was pronounced dead by the Luzerne County Coroner&#8217;s Office.</p><p>Police ask anyone with information surrounding the shooting to contact the Wilkes-Barre Detective Division and speak to Det. Stash at 570-208-4224 or Det. Harding at 570-208-0911.</p><p>Chief Joseph Coffay told a Times Leader reporter that city detectives are working on the case with Luzerne County District Attorney&#8217;s Office detectives.</p><p>Police have not yet named any suspects.</p><p>Officers were dispatched to an area of North Pennsylvania near Dukey&#8217;s Cafe and behind the Lion Brewery.</p><p>At 11:55 p.m., six city cruisers were still at the scene and police tape was stretched across the front of three houses.</p><p>One officer was heard asking another if he needed gloves as he entered a residence.</p><p>Just after that, a policeman warned a reporter that dogs would be taken out of one of the homes.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre Police are seen late Friday on North Pennsylvania Avenue, where an officer confirmed one person had been shot. The victim, 18-year-old Jacob Shedlock, later died at the hospital, authorities report. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_IMG_1278-6.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wilkes-Barre Police are seen late Friday on North Pennsylvania Avenue, where an officer confirmed one person had been shot. The victim, 18-year-old Jacob Shedlock, later died at the hospital, authorities report. </caption0><photoCredit0>Michael Reich | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Michael Reich</p><p>mreich@www.timesleader.com</p><p>By Dan Stokes</p><p>dstokes@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

UPDATE: Police identify teen shot and killed in Wilkes-Barre late Friday