A Shelocta man is awaiting a preliminary hearing for shooting incident shortly before 10:30 PM on July 28th in Young Township.
State police say 28-year-old Jordan Lee Shupe followed the vehicle of 29-year-old Paul Swarden and fired a shot from a handgun at the intersection of Birds Road and Blue Jay Lane. The report does not say in which direction the shot was fired. 35-year-old Brienna Lapay and a 3-year-old boy were in Swarden’s vehicle with him.
Police do not say how they identified Shupe as the suspect, but while they were at his house, he drove by at a high rate of speed upon seeing the police cruisers. He was eventually pulled over and a pistol was seized, with police saying a bullet was missing from the chamber and it smelled as if it had been recently fired. Shupe and his wife both said he had fired the gun and he was then arrested.
Police say Shupe was under the influence of alcohol and was taken to IRMC for a blood draw before being placed in the Indiana County Jail. He was arraigned the next day before District Judge Susanne Steffee on charges of prohibited possession of a firearm, recklessly endangering another person, endangering the welfare of a child by a parent or guardian, driving under the influence, and disorderly conduct engaging in fighting. He was jailed on $5,000 bond. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 24th.
