Tonight we now know that *** Cumberland Valley High School student was shot and killed on July 4th. Yeah, the Berks County coroner named the victim of the shooting in Reading as Felipe Rodriguez Jr of Hampton Township, *** rising junior, Cumberland Valley. According to court documents, Rodriguez was at *** family party on Windsor Street. And Daniel Cruz Junior and *** family member who were not invited guests stopped at the location, and that family member started yelling about garbage in the alley. Documents show Cruz later got *** gun and shot Rodriguez in the back.
Cumberland Valley High School student shot and killed on July 4
Updated: 6:20 PM EDT Jul 13, 2026
A Cumberland Valley High School student was shot and killed on July 4th. The Berks County Coroner named the victim of the shooting in Reading as Felipe Rodriguez Jr. of Hampden Township. He was a rising junior at Cumberland Valley. According to court documents, Rodriguez was at a family party on Windsor Street when Daniel Cruz Jr. and a family member, who were not invited to the party, stopped in. A family member started yelling about garbage in the alley and Cruz later got a gun and shot Rodriguez in the back.
READING, Pa. —
A Cumberland Valley High School student was shot and killed on July 4th.
The Berks County Coroner named the victim of the shooting in Reading as Felipe Rodriguez Jr. of Hampden Township.
He was a rising junior at Cumberland Valley.
According to court documents, Rodriguez was at a family party on Windsor Street when Daniel Cruz Jr. and a family member, who were not invited to the party, stopped in.
A family member started yelling about garbage in the alley and Cruz later got a gun and shot Rodriguez in the back.