The Pocono Mountain Regional Police are announcing an arrest in the homicide of Layzon Breland.

On Friday, the Pocono Mountain Regional Police obtained an arrest warrant for Yasim McDonald, 27, from Scranton, for criminal homicide and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

McDonald is currently hospitalized under regional police custody.

Police said on Thursday at 7:52 p.m. Pocono Mountain Regional Police were dispatched to 123 Chelsea Circle, Coolbaugh Township.

Police found Layzon Breland suffering from multiple wounds, including a head wound, within his upstairs bedroom. Witnesses advised that Breland had been in a physical fight in the front yard of the residence with an unknown man. Breland retreated into the home, and the man forcibly entered the home, now armed with a handgun.

The man chased Breland to the upstairs bedroom. Breland had now armed himself with a handgun, and a gunfight ensued within the bedroom. Breland was struck multiple times and succumbed to his injuries. The man, later identified as McDonald, was also struck.

McDonald then fled from the home, leaving a blood trail from the bedroom, through the home, and to the street. Witnesses said a white vehicle fled the scene. At 8:19 p.m. McDonald entered a Scranton Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. Video surveillance showed McDonald being dropped off near the hospital from a white vehicle. License plate readers also picked up a white vehicle traveling towards Scranton at 8:17 p.m.

The vehicle’s registration plate came back to the girlfriend of Yasim McDonald. Police later located and recovered this vehicle, now known as a Kia K5. Police noted what appeared to be blood and cleaning supplies within the vehicle.

Police then served several search warrants: One for McDonald, one for the scene of the homicide, one for the Kia, along with several other related warrants. At the crime scene, police collected DNA samples from the suspect’s blood trail. At the hospital, police collected DNA samples from McDonald.

On Friday, the two DNA samples came back as associated through a rapid DNA analysis. Charges were then prepared for McDonald, and the arrest was effected. McDonald is still hospitalized and will be arraigned once prudent. Additional DNA analysis will occur to confirm the rapid DNA testing as well as additional forensic testing.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police were assisted by the Pennsylvania State Police, the Scranton Police Department, the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office, and the Monroe County Coroner’s Office.