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Allentown Man Kills Palmerton Mechanic In Whitehall Parking Lot Shooting: DA Allentown Man Kills Palmerton Mechanic In Whitehall Parking Lot Shooting: DA
Allentown Man Kills Palmerton Mechanic In Whitehall Parking Lot Shooting: DA An Allentown man is accused of fatally shooting a Palmerton man in a Whitehall Township parking lot during a dispute, authorities announced on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Hector Garcia Gomez, 46, was shot multiple times in the torso in the parking lot of Loco Hot Deals at 1155 MacArthur Road, Whitehall Township, around 6:03 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, according to the Whitehall Township Police Department and Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office. Garcia Gomez was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 7:43 p.m., authorities …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Lehigh County Woman Gunned Down In Public Park Lehigh County Woman Gunned Down In Public Park
Lehigh County Woman Gunned Down In Public Park A woman was shot and killed in a Lehigh County park on Wednesday, says Coroner Daniel A. Buglio's Office.  It happened just before 7 p.m., near the West Catasauqua Playground on Pine Street in Whitehall Township, the coroner said.  The victim, a 35-year-old Allentown resident, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where she was pronounced dead a few minutes later, officials said. Her death was ruled a homicide but the cause is pending an autopsy scheduled for Thursday, June 14.  "The victim has been identified and her family has been notified," the coroner sai…

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by Mac Bullock