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Friday, March 31, 1995     Page: 2A

WILKES-BARRE — A jury Wednesday felt a Park Avenue Towers resident acted
in self-defense when he shot another man in April 1994.
   
Donald Williamson, 62, was found not guilty on two counts of aggravated
assault and one count of recklessly endangering another person. Williamson
told police he shot Gary Thiemann, 32, in the shoulder on April 16. Both men
lived on the fourth floor of the building.
    At Williamson’s preliminary hearing in May 1994, Thiemann testified
Williamson was kicking at his door several hours before the shooting.
   
Later that evening, Thiemann testified he was taking trash to the garbage
chute when he saw Williamson approaching him in the hall.
   
Williamson shot Thiemann before he had a chance to say anything, Thiemann
testified.
   
Thiemann heard two shots but was hit with one bullet in the left shoulder,
he said.
   
At the time of the shooting, police said “bad blood” between the two men
precipitated the incident. Thiemann testified Tuesday that Williamson pointed
a gun at him the night before the shooting.
   
That night, police took both men into custody before later releasing them.