Wilkes-Barre City police responded to a reported physical domestic incident at a residence on East Beatty Street on Monday at approximately 10 p.m. The suspect, Shawn Antoine Adams, was shot and tased into custody following a standoff with officers.

Responding officers located the female victim on the street away from the residence. The woman told investigators that a man held a gun to her temple and she thought she was "going to die," according to District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce. The victim identified the assailant as Shawn Antoine Adams, saying he possessed two firearms and had threatened her. Adams was alleged to have assaulted the female victim and threatened her verbally while pointing a firearm at her head. Wilkes-Barre City Police Chief Michael Boyle said Adams refused to comply even after being shot.

Officers established a perimeter around the residence. Sanguedolce said Adams was argumentative and did not obey police directives to exit the house with his hands raised. Adams exited the residence holding a firearm but quickly re-entered. Sanguedolce added that Adams, 56, continued to ignore demands to surrender before exiting a second time, appearing to comply. When Adams suddenly dropped his hands, turned away from officers, and reached for his waist, an officer fired his weapon, striking Adams in the arm. Adams then retreated back inside the structure. He was later observed in an upstairs window with a larger firearm.

Adams exited for a third time, and before he could retreat, another officer deployed a taser, which incapacitated Adams, allowing for his arrest. Adams was transported to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment and was arraigned at the hospital. Magisterial District Justice Thomas Malloy later denied bail, citing Adams as a danger to the public.

Adams faces charges of two counts of aggravated assault, carrying a firearm as a convicted felon, terroristic threats, and recklessly endangering another person. A search warrant for the residence, granted by Magisterial District Judge Joshua Moses, was executed in the early hours of Tuesday. Wilkes-Barre City Police are investigating the domestic incident, while the district attorney's office is investigating the officer-involved shooting. The officer involved has been placed on administrative leave, a standard operating procedure. Adams was convicted in 1996 for the criminal homicide of Jessie Gibson at the Airy Tavern in Wilkes-Barre, and subsequently sentenced to 9 to 20 years in state prison by a jury. A preliminary hearing is pending in Central Court.