Man taken into custody after Fowler shooting; charges pending
The St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office took a 51-year-old Fowler man into custody Wednesday after a shooting Tuesday night in Fowler, with charges pending.
By the ClickNNY North Country Desk
The St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office took Leon Wells, 51, of Fowler, into custody Wednesday afternoon on Tanner Street in DeKalb Junction after a shooting Tuesday night in the town of Fowler. Charges are pending.
Officials said a man was shot in the arm at a home on Pond Road at about 9:20 p.m. Tuesday and was taken by air to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. He was later released, according to the report.
Reported by ClickNNY and reviewed by an editor before publication.
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