A man was arrested by Bristol Township police after a report of a shooting on Thursday.
Shimire Johns, 20, of Bristol, was taken into custody without incident after township police responded to the Knights Inn on Green Lane shortly before noon to a report of gunfire nearby.
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Officers met at the scene with an uninjured male victim who reported that an acquaintance had fired shots at him near the intersection of Schumacher and Marie Lowe drives, police said in a press release.
Officers located Johns not far from the shooting scene, police said.
Johns was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of an instrument of crime, and related offenses.
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District Judge Terry Hughes preliminarily arraigned Johns and set bail at 10 percent of $2 million.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
