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<p>WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; Township police released video of a white vehicle they suspect was involved in the shooting of two men on Casey Avenue Wednesday morning.</p><p>A surveillance camera recorded the white vehicle police said was occupied by two black men traveling south on Route 309 approaching the on-ramp to the southbound lanes of Interstate-81. A time stamp on the camera recorded the vehicle passing at 6:59 a.m. about the same time police say two men were shot in a Honda Civic in front of 605 Casey Ave., near the Kmart loading dock and the parking lot of Cinema 309.</p><p>Police have not released the names of the two gunshot victims, who were treated at the scene by emergency medical technicians before being transported to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.</p><p>A man living on Casey Avenue told a Times Leader reporter he heard rapid gunfire and a white vehicle fleeing the scene.</p><p>Multiple evidence markers were placed around the Honda that had its windshield, rear window and driver&#8217;s side windows shattered from spent rounds.</p><p>Anyone who may have been on Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard and Route 309 near the on-ramp to Interstate 81 at about 7 a.m. and especially those with a dash camera is asked to check for recordings of a white vehicle and to contact Wilkes-Barre Township police detectives at 570-208-4635.</p><style>
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Police searching for vehicle suspected in shooting