ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A 29-year-old man who was shot and killed in Allentown Monday night has been identified.
Jose A. Rivera was pronounced dead Monday at a local hospital, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio says in a news release.
Buglio says Rivera’s cause of death is a gunshot wound to the torso and that he ruled the manner of death a homicide.
Officers from the Allentown Police Department were sent to the 700 block of North Ninth Street for the shooting around 5:13 p.m., according to a news release from the police.
The Allentown Police Department is investigating the shooting in coordination with the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office, Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, and Lehigh County Homicide Task Force.
Officers say there is no immediate threat to the public.
The Allentown Police Department is asking anyone with information to call Detectives at 610-437-7721 or the Police Desk at 610-437-7753 (ext. 1). Additionally, anonymous text tips can be sent via the Tip411 App available on the Allentown Police Facebook Page or via the Allentown Police Department website.
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