WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County prosecutors withdrew a firearm charge against Luis Angel Soto Madera, who was acquitted by a jury in September of firing a shot at his stepdaughter and her boyfriend, an incident that shut down a South Wilkes-Barre neighborhood in 2023.

Madera, 57, faced the firearm charge linked to the alleged shooting inside his home on Sambourne Street on June 20, 2023, according to court records.

Court records alleged Madera was angry that his stepdaughter made a noise that awakened him and he fired a shot in the direction of the woman and her boyfriend.

The alleged shooting resulted in a several hour standoff that involved troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team. When the house was breached, Madera was not inside resulting in police

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