A man suspected of shooting two people in Waterbury earlier this month has been apprehended in Pennsylvania, police said.
Xavier Bishop was taken into custody on Tuesday by U.S. Marshals in Lackawanna County, according to Officer Nyjah Porcher of the Waterbury Police Department.
Porcher said the apprehension was a collaborative effort between the police department’s Major Crimes Unit and Fugitive Task Force, as well as the Carbondale Police Department in Pennsylvania.
Bishop was wanted on two counts of first-degree assault and a single count each of criminal use of a firearm, illegal discharge of a firearm, criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, first-degree reckless endangerment and illegal sale, delivery or transfer of a firearm, Porcher said.
The shooting was reported on Aug. 16 just before 4 a.m. at the 100 block of Willow Street, where officers responded and found a 40-year-old Waterbury man suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, Porcher said. The man was taken to a hospital where he was listed in stable but critical condition, according to Porcher.
Shortly before 4:10 a.m., a 28-year-old Waterbury man reported that he had suffered a gunshot wound to his ear, Porcher said. He was taken to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
