WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) The search is on tonight for the person who fired several shots into a Wilkes-Barre home last night wounding two people, including an 8 year old girl. The I-Team's Andy Mehalshick is in the neighborhood with the latest on the investigation. <\/p>\n
You can see the bullet holes in a house in the 200 block of West Division Street in South Wilkes-Barre. Just before midnight shots rang out. An 8 year old girl sitting in the living room was hit twice in the arm. Her 20 year old brother was hit once in the arm.. <\/p>\n
We tried talking to people coming and going from the house this afternoon .They had nothing to say.. <\/p>\n
Detectievs are not saying what they believe happened here but sources close to the investigation tell the I-Team it is connected to the drug world.. <\/p>\n
\"We are seeing that more innocents ,innocent individuals are being affected hurt by it.\" noted Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavanits. <\/p>\n
She is talking about the impact of the drug trade and drug addiction in our region. Drug overdose deaths are on the rise. <\/p>\n
Last October, a man and woman were found unconscious inside a Hazleton home. The woman later died from a drug overdose, four young children were also in the home... Salavantis says society cannot simply jail their way out of this problem.. <\/p>\n
\"We need to look at drug treatment court and look at programs that help the addict.\" <\/p>\n
\"There's a lot of collateral damage that we see with the drug game.\" said Jason Harlen. <\/p>\n
Harlen is a drug counselor and says his agency Wyoming Valley Drug and Alcohol receives calls everyday from people who are concerned that a loved one is hooked on drugs. <\/p>\n
\"The collateral damage is never ending it's a very violent games and it's something that will never go away.\" <\/p>\n
Wilkes-Barre Police ask anyone with information to give them a call. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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