Allentown police are investigating a Friday afternoon shooting that wounded a man on the city’s east side.
Police were called to the 700 block of Westminster Street around 2:50 p.m. for a report of a shooting. They found a man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, according to a news release from Allentown police Assistant Chief Michael Becker.
The man was taken by EMS to an area hospital for treatment of his injuries, Becker said.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Allentown police detectives at 610-437-7721, or the police desk at 610-437-7753, Ext. 1. Tips can also be provided anonymously using the Tip411 App, which is available on the Allentown Police Department Facebook page at at facebook.com/allentownpolice and on the department’s website at allentownpa.gov/police.