POTTSTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Officials in Montgomery County are investigating a murder near the Pottstown District Court.
It happened just after noon at South Hanover Street on Wednesday.
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Police say Thomas James Niarhos, 15, of Stowe, shot Jeremiah Waylon Hawkins, 39, at close range.
Hawkins was taken to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
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Hawkins was experiencing homelessness, police said.
Niarhos is facing first-degree murder and other charges in the shooting.