Breaking News....Shooting In Pottsville

A man is dead and one woman injured after a shooting today in Pottsville. Around noon, a man allegedly shot his girlfriend in the parking lot of the Social Security Administration building on West Market Street, Pottsville. Police said the gunman fled east on Market to the First United Methodist Church at Garfield Square. Entering through a side door he went to the front of the church and took his own life. Police discovered the body shortly after 1pm. Schuylkill County coroner Joseph Lipsett is on scene at this hour. Police have not released the identity of the alleged gunman or his victim.