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Milton Place Shooter In Custody

June 1st, 2023 by WCBC Radio

On May 31, 2023, at 4:53 pm officers from the Cumberland Police Department were dispatched to Milton Place, Cumberland, for a report of a disturbance.  A short time later officers received a report of a man with a gunshot wound in a car on Baltimore Avenue. Upon arrival to the 400 block of Baltimore Avenue officers found a 68 year old male in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound.  The male and other occupants reported that he had been in an altercation on Milton Place where he had been shot.  The man was treated by medics from the Cumberland Fire Department and was transported to UPMC where he is now listed in stable condition.  A female passenger in the vehicle was also transported to the hospital for an unrelated medical issue. Officers then arrived on the scene at Milton Place and discovered that an argument had ensued in the street between several parties and a shot was fired.  Both parties subsequently fled the scene. Officers conducted a search of the area and located the 29 year old shooter and took him into custody, recovering a firearm.Detectives from the Allegany County Combined Criminal Investigation Unit responded to the scene to investigate along with crash reconstructionist from the Cumberland Police Department. All parties have been identified and the firearm recovered.  Criminal charges are pending review by the States Attorney’s Office.