Local to those of us on the PA/NY border.

https://www.pressconnects.com/story/...pa/5302097001/

A Bradford County man was shot and killed Saturday after investigators say he illegally entered a home in the Town of Nichols and was confronted by an armed occupant.

Deputies were called Saturday to Waite Road in Nichols for a shooting near the intersection with Lynch Road, according to the Tioga County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies and state troopers arrived at the scene and found 29-year-old Cody J. Wagner of Rome, Pennsylvania, in the roadway with a gunshot to his upper abdomen.

Police and emergency medical personnel were unable to resuscitate Wagner and he was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff's office said.

A preliminary investigation by the Tioga County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division indicates Wagner had unlawfully entered the house at 1958 Waite Road and was confronted by a person investigators describe as a caretaker of the property, who was armed with a shotgun.

The caretaker was a relative who was keeping an eye on the house for the owners, who are out of state, said Capt. Shawn Nalepa from the Criminal Investigation Division.

There had been recent burglaries in the area including at that residence, Nalepa said.

The caretaker attempted to escort Wagner to a nearby residence to call 911, Nalepa said, noting there is no cell service in that area, but before they arrived at the neighbor's house, Wagner was reportedly able to get a revolver out of the vehicle he had driven and pointed it at the other man.

The caretaker then fired the shotgun once, striking Wagner in the upper abdomen, and then immediately went to a location where he called 911, investigators said.

A loaded revolver was recovered at the scene, Nalepa said.

The Tioga County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Nichols Fire Department, Greater Valley EMS, and Tioga County District Attorney Kirk Martin.

The investigation is continuing and there are no charges against the shooter at this time.