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Suspect Sought In Fatal Shooting Of Pottstown Man: Police
Police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Reading, and are now asking for the public's help in locating the suspect.
Jefferson Etienne, 38, of Pottstown, was shot dead on the 400 block of South 16th Street just before 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5, authorities said.
Etienne was rushed to Reading hospital where he died, they added.
Investigators said they are charging Jabar Hill and Marc Lockman, both 24, with the killing.
Lockman was taken into custody Saturday a few blocks away from the scene of the shooting, police said. He was treated for a non-li…
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…
