Butler police investigate shooting
Butler City police are investigating the shooting of a man wounded Sunday morning on West New Castle Street.
Police said officers were alerted by a neighbor who heard a single shot fired and yelling. When they responded to the scene at 2:25 a.m. officers found Robert Green, 43, of Butler with a single gunshot wound through the shoulder.
Green was taken by ambulance to a hospital and was listed in stable condition.
Officials said Green’s injury was not life threatening, and the shooting incident remains under investigation.
Rich Cholodofsky is a TribLive reporter covering Westmoreland County government, politics and courts. He can be reached at rcholodofsky@triblive.com.
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