A Shavertown man who admitted shooting his brother to death amid claims he acted to prevent a “mass shooting” targeting national politicians was sentenced Monday to serve up to seven years in prison.

A Shavertown man found incompetent to stand trial in the shooting death of his brother is now fit to participate in his legal defense, a Luzerne County judge ruled Friday. John James Kilpatrick, 34, ...

WILKES-BARRE — An open plea agreement reached in October for John James Kilpatrick to plead guilty to third-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his brother, Kevin Matthew Kilpatrick, was amended to ...

Jun. 30—WILKES-BARRE — Explaining he had no other choice but to defend himself, John James Kilpatrick accepted the fact he killed his brother, Kevin Kilpatrick, inside their Jackson Township home in ...

WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas deemed John James Kilpatrick incompetent to currently face a criminal homicide charge for the fatal shooting of his brother, Kevin Matthew Kilpatrick ...