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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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'Juvenile' Groups Exchange Fire In Shootout On Temple Campus: Authorities (UPDATED) 'Juvenile' Groups Exchange Fire In Shootout On Temple Campus: Authorities (UPDATED)
'Juvenile' Groups Exchange Fire In Shootout On Temple Campus: Authorities (Updated) (Note: this story has been updated to include new information from Philadelphia police.) Temple University police are investigating an apparent shootout between two groups on Campus Wednesday evening, Nov. 8, according to security officials. University police said "two groups of juveniles" near Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue "discharged multiple shots in the direction of each other" around 4:30 p.m.  No injuries were reported.  The entire incident was caught on video camera and lasted less than five seconds, said authorities. A security officer across the street witnessed the sho…

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by Mac Bullock
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Park Shootout: Police Seek Gunmen In Brought Daylight Delco Incident Park Shootout: Police Seek Gunmen In Brought Daylight Delco Incident
Park Shootout: Police Seek Gunmen In Brought Daylight Delco Incident Police in Delaware County are seeking the two men involved in a shootout at a local park Sunday, Aug. 13. Multiple witnesses reported seeing two males shooting at each other at the Sharon Hill park along Chester Pike around 2:55 p.m. in Sharon Hill, borough police said. Officers responded to the park and in the 1100 block of Coates Street, and engaged in a brief foot pursuit with a light-skinned black male who had on a t-shirt, black pants, and twisted, braided hair, police said. The male was last seen running down Elmwood Avenue toward Folcroft Avenue. The second suspect is described as …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Stepdad Shot In Gunfight With Stepson: Reading Police Stepdad Shot In Gunfight With Stepson: Reading Police
Stepdad Shot In Gunfight With Stepson: Reading Police A Reading man was hospitalized after a shootout with his stepson late Sunday morning, city police wrote in a release.  It happened just before noon on May 21, on the 300 block of Bridge Street, the department said. Authorities believe the stepdad "initiated the confrontation," but added that both men "appeared to have fired shots at each other." The stepdad was shot multiple times and was being treated at Reading Hospital as of Sunday night, according to police. No other injuries were reported by officials.  Police did not name the men but said criminal charges are pending. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Authorities ID Victims In Deadly Allentown Shootout Authorities ID Victims In Deadly Allentown Shootout
Authorities ID Victims In Deadly Allentown Shootout Authorities have released the names of the two Allentown men who died in a shootout early last Friday morning.  Yovanni Suazo, 21, and Alexander J. Perez-Sotomayor, 41, both died of gunshot wounds at around 2:20 a.m. on March 24, said Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio in a release. The manner of death for each man is homicide, he added.  The shooting occurred on the 100 block of East South Street about an hour earlier, Daily Voice has reported. Investigators said that "individuals" were "attempting to open car doors of parked vehicles" in the neighborhood when they were confr…

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by Mac Bullock
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Two Men Killed In Early Morning Allentown Shootout: Police Two Men Killed In Early Morning Allentown Shootout: Police
Two Men Killed In Early Morning Allentown Shootout: Police Two people have succumbed to their injuries after an early morning shootout in Allentown Friday, authorities say.  It happened at about 1:30 a.m. on March 24, on the 100 block of East South Street, Allentown police said in a statement. Investigators believe that "individuals" were "attempting to open car doors of parked vehicles" in the neighborhood when they were confronted by an area resident.  The resident and one of the "individuals" exchanged gunfire, and both were fatally shot, the department said. Police are withholding their names pending notification of their loved ones, …

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by Mac Bullock
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Man, 23, Shot Dead By US Marshal In Luzerne County Man, 23, Shot Dead By US Marshal In Luzerne County
Man, 23, Shot Dead By US Marshal In Luzerne County A 23-year-old man was killed in a shootout with a US Marshals agent arresting him in Luzerne County Wednesday, Aug. 10, authorities said. Jordan Urenovitch, who was wanted on warrants for gun and drug charges, fired at a member of the Fugitive Task Force in Hazle Township when the deputy fired back, Pennsylvania State Police said. Deputies apparently spotted Urenovitch in a car before he bolted over to 22nd Street Auto Center and shot were fired around 12:40 p.m., according to PSP.  Urenovitch was pronounced dead at the hospital. The Luzerne County DA will handle the investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fugitive Injured In Shootout With Police in Philly Suburbs: DA Fugitive Injured In Shootout With Police in Philly Suburbs: DA
Fugitive Injured In Shootout With Police in Philly Suburbs: DA A 29-year-old fugitive was injured after a shootout with police over the weekend in the Philadelphia suburbs, authorities said. Mark Simpkins Jr., of Norristown, had been wanted on an arrest warrant since Oct. 4, 2021, when patrol officers spotted him heading into the A-Plus store on Main Street around 6 a.m. Saturday, May 21, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R.Steele said in a joint release. Officers tried to stop him, but he fled on foot down West Lafayette Street, leading police on a chase, they said. Simpkins then shot at the officers, who returned fire, Steele said a…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Shooting Suspect Pursuit Ends In South Jersey Shoot Out PA Shooting Suspect Pursuit Ends In South Jersey Shoot Out
PA Shooting Suspect Pursuit Ends In South Jersey Shoot Out A manhunt for a Pennsylvania shooting suspect ended in a police-involved shoot out in South Jersey, reports say. Arthur H. Disanto Jr., 41, has been on the lam since July 3 when he allegedly shot and wounded a woman in her apartment in Media, according to NJ.com. Pennsylvania State Police spotted Disanto in Marple Township on Aug. 24, but he fled, igniting a pursuit through Delaware County and ending in Washington Township just before midnight, the outlet reports. An exchange of gunfire left Disanto and a New Jersey municipal police officer wounded. Click here for the full report by …

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by Nicole Acosta