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Allentown Autozone Shooter Sentenced For Attempted Murder: DA Allentown Autozone Shooter Sentenced For Attempted Murder: DA
Allentown Autozone Shooter Sentenced For Attempted Murder: DA A man who shot at multiple people in an Allentown parking lot last year will spend up to 15 years in prison, prosecutors say.  Joshua Ortiz, 28, pleaded guilty to attempted murder in April, said the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.  Authorities have said Ortiz and 22-year-old Edgar Gonzalez got into an argument with another group last June 4. Ortiz and Gonzalez were in a sedan that followed the other group to the South Fifth Street Autozone parking lot, according to officials.  They blocked the victims from driving away before Ortiz got out of his sedan and ope…

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by Mac Bullock
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Deadly Shooting At Allentown AutoZone Was 'Justified,' DA Says Deadly Shooting At Allentown AutoZone Was 'Justified,' DA Says
Deadly Shooting At Allentown AutoZone Was 'Justified,' DA Says The man who shot and killed another at an Allentown Autozone early last month will face no charges, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin's Office announced in a release.  Twenty-two-year-old Edgar Gonzalez was fatally shot in the parking lot at 1871 South 5th St. on June 4, in what prosecutors are now calling an act of self-defense.  A second victim was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at an area hospital, authorities said then.  Now, the DA's Office says the gunfight followed an "altercation and confrontation" between two groups of people that began at the ne…

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by Mac Bullock
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Allentown Cops Investigate Deadly Shooting In Autozone Parking Lot Allentown Cops Investigate Deadly Shooting In Autozone Parking Lot
Allentown Cops Investigate Deadly Shooting In Autozone Parking Lot One person is dead and another is hospitalized after shots rang out in an Autozone parking lot over the weekend, say Allentown police.  It happened around 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 4, said the department in a statement. Officers were dispatched to the store at 1871 South 5th Street for a report of shots fired, police said.  Minutes later, a 22-year-old man was brought to St. Luke's Hospital-Sacred Heart Campus where he died from his injuries, the department said. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office identified the victim as Edgar Gonzalez of Allentown and ruled his death a homicide. T…

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by Mac Bullock