Published February 06. 2026 12:22AM<\/p>\n
A 27-year-old North Whitehall Township man has died after being shot by troopers during a standoff which occurred around 11:03 a.m. Jan. 24 in the 2800 block of Rockdale Road, North Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n
Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said in a press release, the man, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. Jan. 24 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township.<\/p>\n
According to Buglio, the man died as a result of gunshot injuries sustained during the officer-involved shooting.<\/p>\n
Buglio said an autopsy was completed on Jan. 27.<\/p>\n
The cause of the man\u2019s death is a gunshot wound to the head, he said.<\/p>\n
Buglio said a final ruling on the manner of his death will be made upon completion of the investigation and following consultation with the Lehigh County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
According State Police Troop M, Bethlehem, troopers were dispatched to the Rockdale address for a report of a disturbance involving a man with a gun.<\/p>\n
Police say upon arrival, troopers observed the North Whitehall Township resident seated in the driver\u2019s seat of 2009 Toyota Camry in the driveway of the residence, allegedly holding a handgun.<\/p>\n
While on scene, troopers established a perimeter around the vehicle and attempted to make contact with the man to peacefully exit the vehicle.<\/p>\n
During this time, the man discharged the gun from the car, more than once, and also pointed the gun at troopers multiple times.<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team arrived on scene and attempted to negotiate a peaceful resolution with the man.<\/p>\n
Police said at approximately 2 p.m., the man discharged his gun from the vehicle and a SERT member shot him.<\/p>\n
The man was treated at the scene by Northern Valley EMS who transported him to Lehigh Valley Hospital for his injuries. The were no injuries to law enforcement.<\/p>\n
In addition to the coroner\u2019s office, this incident is being investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police Troop M Major Case Team, Lehigh County Homicide Task Force and the assistance of the Lehigh County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published February 06. 2026 12:22AM A 27-year-old North Whitehall Township man has died after being shot by troopers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-106724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}