1 dead, 1 in custody following shooting in Butler Twp.

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A man is dead and a suspect was taken into custody Sunday afternoon following a shooting in Butler Twp.

Police and medics responded just before 12:15 p.m. to a duplex in the 3000 block of Creekview Circle on a report of person who had been shot.

Officers arrived to find a man dead at the scene from an apparent gunshot wound, according to police. His identity has not been released.

One woman who called 911 said her boyfriend shot her mother’s boyfriend because he “ran at” her mother during an argument. The man reportedly was shot in the chest, according to dispatch records.

A neighbor reported hearing arguing before the shooting.

“I heard two gunshots … just pop pop,” the neighbor said.

Police took a suspect into custody. Charges are pending review from the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office, police said.

The shooting remains under investigation.

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