LANCASTER, Pa. — A Lancaster man who was injured in a shooting in the city Tuesday afternoon is facing drug and weapons charges himself, Lancaster Police announced Thursday.
Anjewel Torres, 20, suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound after being struck by gunfire on the 200 block of West King Street shortly after noon on Tuesday, police said. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The investigation of the incident by Lancaster Police Det. Stephen Owens led to charges against Torres, police said.
Torres is charged with a felony count of Firearms Not to Be Carried Without a License and Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana, according to police.
As a result of the ongoing investigation, Lorenzo O'branty, 19, from Lancaster, has been charged with aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, recklessly endangering another person and firearms not to be carried without a license.
O'branty turned himself in to the Lancaster City Bureau of Police and was taken into custody without incident, according to police.
Anyone with information on the incident has been asked to contact Det. Owens at (717) 735-3349.
