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Trio Shot 22-Year-Old Dead On Allentown Street, DA Claims Trio Shot 22-Year-Old Dead On Allentown Street, DA Claims
Trio Shot 22-Year-Old Dead On Allentown Street, DA Claims Three men are charged with murder for the 2022 slaying of 22-year-old Najeer Lane in Allentown.  Xavier Grenon, 32, of Whitehall, Legious R. Minder Jr., 20, of Bethlehem, and Frederick A. Marks Jr., 23, of Bath, are each accused of homicide, conspiracy, and related counts following a grand jury presentment, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said in a release on Wednesday, May 10.  Investigators believe the group shot and killed Lane on the 1000 block of West Juniata Street last Aug. 31, according to the release. The 22-year-old victim was found with a gunshot wound t…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Mom Mourns Loss Of 2nd Son To Gun Violence PA Mom Mourns Loss Of 2nd Son To Gun Violence
PA Mom Mourns Loss Of 2nd Son To Gun Violence A mom in Pennsylvania is facing a tragedy that no parent ever wishes to face: She's gearing up to bury her son. And this isn't the first time she's had to do so. In 2017, Shalon Buskirk lost her son Parris Lane, who was shot and killed in Allentown at 19 years old.  This week, Najeer Lane was shot and killed on the 1000 block of West Juniata Street on Wednesday, Aug. 31, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. He was pronounced dead just after midnight. A GoFundMe page for the family had raised nearly $5,000 as of Friday, Sept. 2. "Gun violence has stripped our fa…

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by Nicole Acosta
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One Dead, Another Wounded In Separate Allentown Shootings: Police One Dead, Another Wounded In Separate Allentown Shootings: Police
One Dead, Another Wounded In Separate Allentown Shootings: Police One person was killed and another wounded in two separate shootings late Wednesday, Aug. 31 in Allentown, authorities said. Officers found the first victim on the 1000 block of West Juniata Street around 10:50 p.m., Allentown police said. The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Lehigh County Coroner's Office is investigating it as a homicide, they said. About 25 minutes later, officers were called to a second shooting on the 500 blk of Cedar Street, where they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds around 11:15 p.m., police said. The unidentified vi…

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by Nicole Acosta