MOUNT CARMEL - A Lykens woman is accused of lying to police after her boyfriend allegedly fired a single gunshot following an argument the couple had Wednesday night on a borough street.
No one was injured after the shot was fired from a dark-colored vehicle, perhaps a sport-utility vehicle, while Katie Marie Keister, 18, entered a second-floor apartment at 250 S. Beech St. about 9:20 p.m.
Lt. Christopher Buhay said in a criminal complaint that his investigation determined Donnie Carl, 26, fired the shot before fleeing the scene. Carl is wanted in Schuylkill County for violating probation for an unrelated incident. Police say he has no known address.
Kelly Campbell, an off-duty police officer for Mount Carmel Township, reported the incident after he says he saw the shot fired.
A single .45 caliber shell casing was recovered in the 400 block of West Sixth Street near the back of the building, but police haven't found where the slug made impact. Police have not detailed in which direction they believe the shot was fired.
Police say Keister was uncooperative when she was interviewed inside the Beech Street apartment building, allegedly providing a false name, failing to produce identification and claiming not to know any of her own personal information. She resisted being taken into custody and was forcibly removed from the building.
She was taken to the borough police station and interviewed by Buhay, Cpl. David Donkochik and Police Chief Todd Owens, where she admitted arguing with her boyfriend over money. She eventually provided her identity but did not do the same for Carl, according to the criminal complaint, and allegedly implicated an innocent man in a written statement.
Keister was found to be wanted in Dauphin County for a probation violation for an unrelated incident.
She is charged by Buhay in connection to Wednesday's incident with resisting arrest, two counts of unsworn falsification to authorities, hindering apprehension or prosecution, false reports, disorderly conduct and false identification to law enforcement.
Buhay said Friday that charges are pending against Carl.