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WILKES-BARRE &mdash; City police said they arrested Ahmyr L. Younger, 18, and a juvenile after investigating gunfire in the area of Carey Avenue and Susquehanna Street on Saturday.
				Police responded to the area on a report of multiple gunshots at about 11:52 p.m.
				While police were speaking with a person, two men fled and initiated a foot chase.
				One person was found hiding under a house porch and refused officers&rsquo; commands to crawl out. Police said the person had to be stunned by a Taser.
				Another man was found hiding behind a kayak in the rear of a residence, police said.
				Police said they recovered eight 9mm shell casings, a handgun, heroin packets and vials of methamphetamine.
				Younger, of Newark, N.J., was arraigned by District Judge James Haggerty in Kingston on charges of firearms not to be carried without a license, loitering and prowling at night, resisting arrest, flight to avoid apprehension, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $35,000 bail.

Man, juvenile arrested after gunfire in Wilkes-Barre