Article: Police identify shooting suspect: Cops allege George Thomas Deeb III shot 9-year-old boy, who is recovering at home.

Byline: Steve Mocarsky

Nov. 14--HAZLE TWP. -- State police in Hazleton on Monday identified a suspect wanted in the drive-by shooting of a 9-year-old boy Saturday night in the township's village of Stockton No. 6. The announcement came the same day the boy, Jonathan Skitzki, returned home from the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown after extensive knee and leg surgery to repair damage caused by the gunshot. Police have accused George Thomas Deeb III, 18, no known current address, of being the trigger man, and issued a warrant for his arrest. Deeb is believed to be in the Hazleton area, police said. Police said Deeb fired several rounds into the group ...

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