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Police: Man shoots, kills Lowe's coworker
A Lowe's employee shot a fellow employee to death early Saturday morning, according to a criminal complaint.
Christopher Wasnetsky, 36, of Dalton, is charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Lackawanna County District Attorney Brian Gallagher anticipates more charges to be filed following an autopsy scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday.
According to the criminal complaint:
Officers responded to Lowe's on Viewmont Drive in Scranton at 12:36 a.m. for the report of a shooting.
Police found Jeff Moeller on the ground suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in a pool of blood amidst multiple gun casings.
There was a semi-automatic handgun on the ground near a shopping cart located about 30 feet from the victim.
The handgun appeared to be unloaded. There was a live round on the ground and the magazine next to the handgun. The handgun was found to be a Springfield 9mm handgun.
Wasnetsky himself called in the shooting, stating, 'I'd like to report a shooting at the Dickson City Lowe's, I was the person that did it.'
Officers transported Moeller to the Geisinger Community Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Officers arrested Wasnetsky without incident and brought him back to the police department.
During an interview he said Moeller had been harassing him and no one would do anything about it.
Wasnetsky said he had approached Moeller while he was working on a machine and shot him in the chest without warning.
He said Moeller fell to the ground and asked for help.
Wasnetsky told police he didn't want him to suffer, so he shot him in the head and chest.
This is a developing story. More information will be added as it becomes available.
