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MGN Online WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania State Police say a gunman who provoked a shootout with police in a shopping center parking lot near Wilkes-Barre is undergoing surgery for two bullet wounds. State police Capt. James Degnan said Saturday the man was randomly firing a semi-automatic rifle when local police arrived around 12:30 p.m. When he shot at them, they returned fire. He said multiple rounds were exchanged, but no one else was hurt. A Wal-Mart superstore and other businesses in Wilkes-Barre Township Marketplace were locked down during the incident. Degnan said the man was wounded in the abdomen and thigh. Degnan said investigators are questioning a woman who was with the suspect, but they do not know what prompted the shooting. The shooter has not yet been identified. Dengan said he wasn’t carrying identification.