DINGMANS FERRY, PA — According to the affidavit of probable cause, Pennsylvania State Police at Blooming Grove have charged Jared Masker, 31, of Milford of killing Kristopher Hanscom, 23, of Bushkill outside a tavern in Dingmans Ferry.

According to eyewitness testimony, on August 18, Masker and Hansom were at the On the Silver Lake Tavern, located at 228 Silver Lake Rd., Delaware Twp. in Pike County. Troopers Jason Mills and E. McCarthy were sent to investigate a shooting and were told that Hanscom had been shot in the face.

Others who were subsequently interviewed confirmed the broad outlines of the story. Another man on the scene named Patrick Scholl said he was at the bar when he heard a commotion in the parking lot. He went outside witnessed the victim in a confrontation with another patron. Scholl said he went over to talk to Hanscom and as they were talking, Masker walked over to the victim and told him that he had 30 seconds to get off the property. Scholl said he then saw Masker pull out a revolver and place it under Hansom’s chin. Scholl said Masker asked Hanscom if “he was going to start popping off.” Masker then pulled the trigger and shot Hanscom in the face.

Scholl said he then fled the scene with his girlfriend because they feared for their lives, but the girlfriend, Brianna Kleinart, called 911.

Kleinart later said the incident started with a confrontation between Hanscom and another man. Kleinart had been trying to calm Hanscom, when Scholl and then Masker came up to them, and she described the shooting in much the same way as her boyfriend, with Makser pulling the gun, holding it under Hanscom’s chin, then shooting him in the face.

Two other people at the bar corroborated the shooting. Masker fled to New Jersey and was arrested the next day. Hanscom was taken to a hospital but died two days later.

An autopsy was performed on August 20, conducted by Dr. Samuel Land, who determined the cause of death to be a gunshot wound to the face.