Following tire tracks leads to arrest of father and son for shooting into gas station

After eight gunshots were fired into a Monroe County gas station/convenience store, the owner took advantage of fresh snow and surveillance video to help police track down the suspects, investigators say.

State police say the investigation led to the arrests of a father and son, 48-year-old Frank Fedor and 22-year-old Andrew Fedor, both from the East Stroudsburg area. Both face counts of attempted homicide and related charges, according to a news release from state police at Stroudsburg.

The owner of the gas station on Resica Falls Road in Middle Smithfield Township called police about 9 a.m. Friday to report the shots were fired shortly after midnight Thursday into the building, close to an occupied home, according to the release.

The owner was able to follow a unique set of tire tracks in freshly fallen snow to nearby Brushy Mountain Road and in the opposite direction to another nearby business owned by the victim, Muller’s Diner/Bar on Route 209.

Troopers viewed surveillance video from the businesses that showed Frank Fedor, of Brushy Mountain Road, at Muller’s in a Toyota Tundra, the release states. Then about 10 minutes later, the same pickup truck is seen doing the shooting at the gas station, police said. The truck’s tire tracks match those observed by the victim, who took photos of the tracks and supplied them to police, according to the release.

But while heading back to the police station for a seach warrant, the troopers spotted Frank Fedor in the Toyota at another gas station, the release states.

Frank Fedor initially said he’d been trying to find “Bo,” the businesses’ owner, at Muller’s but was very drunk and “could not remember” anything except driving around and drinking with his son, Andrew Fedor, the release states.

Police said they detained both men and found Andrew Fedor in possession of a 9mm handgun, similar to the caliber of the rounds fired into the gas station.