Responding officers found Jose Tejada with a single gunshot wound in the 500 block of Liberty Street around 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, said Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin and Allentown Police Chief Charles Roca.
Tejada was taken to an area hospital for treatment, they said.
Investigators learned that Tejada was allegedly shot by his brother, Roberto Garcia Berrios, 39, of Allentown, Martin and Roca said.
Berrios has been charged with attempted homicide and aggravated assault.
He was remanded to Lehigh County Jail with bail denied, records show. His preliminary hearing is set for March 9.
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