BETHLEHEM, Pa. — An argument after a children’s football game leads to gunshots fired, with the gunman getting away. Now, police are actively investigating.
69 News spoke to someone who heard the gunfire.
“I was terrified,” said the neighbor.
The neighbor, who did not want to appear on camera, described what she felt as gunshots rang out feet away from her backyard.
“I try to keep my kids away from that but it’s just getting closer and closer so it’s just scary,” she says.
According to police, on Friday, just before 4:30 p.m., officers responded to reports of multiple gunshots in the area of Rodgers and Lewis streets next to Sell Field.
“I was extremely upset because I moved into this neighborhood thinking it was a good neighborhood, it was safe, not having to worry about those type of things, but unfortunately I was wrong,” she says.
Witnesses tell investigators an argument occurred after a youth championship football game. They say a man dressed in black fired multiple shots in the air before being driven away in a black sedan with tinted windows.
Nine shell casings were recovered.
No one was injured, and officials are still investigating.
Anyone with information should contact Bethlehem police.