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Man locked up, accused of killing fiancée's mother

A man is locked up in Monroe County, accused of shooting and killing his fiancée's mother.

LONG POND, Pa. — Police are investigating a shooting death in Monroe County.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police say the shooter is  Damien Hoehler, 43, from Long Pond. The victim is Diane Strohl, 59, from Saylorsburg.

The ordeal started around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Shannon Drive in Long Pond.

Investigators said Hoehler, who had been drinking, threatened the people inside with a gun. A fight broke out, and the gun went off. Strohl got hit and died.

Hoehler is engaged to Strohl's daughter.

He's locked up in Monroe County.

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