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UPDATE: Police investigating deadly shooting in Wilkes-Barre

Police responded to the 200 block of Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre around 6:30 p.m. Friday for a reported shooting.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A man is dead after a Friday night shooting, police say.

According to the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Coal Street in the city around 6:30 p.m. Friday.  

Once there, cops found a man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Luzerne County coroner's office identified the victim as Kyle Declet, 30. Declet died from multiple gunshot wounds. His death is considered a homicide.

Investigators are looking for the shooter. 

Anyone with information on that deadly shooting is asked to call Wilkes-Barre Police at 570-208-0911.

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