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Fatal Shooting In Allentown Was Self-Defense, DA Says Fatal Shooting In Allentown Was Self-Defense, DA Says
Fatal Shooting In Allentown Was Self-Defense, DA Says An Allentown resident was defending themself when they fatally shot a man who forced his way into a home with three others this past summer, authorities have ruled. "The homicide was justified on the basis of self-defense," Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin announced on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The trouble began on the 700 block of North 11th Street on July 9. Edwin Diaz-Rivera, 37, and the home's residents got into a dispute that investigators say was paused when Diaz-Rivera told them he would return to the home with weapons and other people. Diaz-Rivera left and eventually retu…

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