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Man shot after reportedly going to east Erie home, attempting to enter it early Monday
A man who reportedly showed up uninvited at an east Erie residence and tried to enter it when an occupant opened the door early Monday morning was shot in the arm during an altercation, according to city police.
Two adults who were inside the house were questioned by police as the man who was shot underwent medical treatment for a gunshot wound to the right arm near his biceps, investigators reported.
The shooting, which remains under investigation with no charges filed as of Monday morning, was reported shortly after 3:30 a.m. Monday in the 3800 block of Essex Street. Officers who responded to the neighborhood found a man sitting in the front yard of a residence with a gunshot wound, Deputy Chief Rick Lorah said.
A woman who was inside the house told police she was sleeping when a 3-year-old child, one of five children inside the house at the time, woke her up and said someone was at the front door. When the woman looked out through her Ring doorbell system, she said she saw a person at the front door, Lorah said.
The woman woke up her boyfriend, who with the female did not know who the male at the door was, and the boyfriend went to the door, Lorah said. When the boyfriend opened it, the male tried to enter the residence and a struggle ensued, and during the struggle a gunshot was fired, he said.