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Victim Dies After Pair Charged In Reading Shooting
The victim in a Reading shooting died just hours after his alleged attackers were taken into custody, according to city police.
Authorities were called to the 300 block of Penn Street around 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 18 for reports of shots fired, the department wrote in a release. They arrived to find that two men riding in a car had been ambushed, officials wrote.
One victim, 29, was found outside of the vehicle with injuries to his head and right arm, police said. The other, 30, was found in the crashed car at 5th and Penn streets with a gunshot wound to the head, they a…
2 Reading Men Hospitalized In Shooting, Say Police
Two men were shot on a Reading street late on Saturday, Oct. 29, according to police.
The victims, aged 22 and 28, were standing at the intersection of 8th Street and Penn Street at around 8:30 p.m. when a third unidentified man approached them and opened fire "after a brief exchange," authorities said.
One victim was rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds to his abdomen, torso, and legs, police said.
The other was treated for a wound to the left hip, they added.
Both men were in stable condition as of Monday, Oct. 31, and there is "no danger to the general public at…
