{"id":252039,"date":"2026-07-25T21:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252039\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T21:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:42:07","slug":"off-duty-philadelphia-officer-identified-as-suspect-in-northampton-county-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252039\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-duty Philadelphia officer identified as suspect in Northampton County homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; Philadelphia police have confirmed that an off-duty officer is the suspect in a homicide under investigation in Northampton County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The shooting happened shortly before 2 p.m. Friday in the 1200 block of Old Gate Road in Allen Township.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Pennsylvania State Police said troopers were called to a home for a reported domestic incident. At the scene, they found a 27-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds and were told the suspected shooter had fled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities said troopers later located the suspect&#8217;s vehicle in nearby Hanover Township. When they attempted a traffic stop, the driver allegedly sped away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to investigators, the suspect eventually returned to the scene, where troopers took him into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">We&#8217;re told charges are pending by the Northampton County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Philadelphia police identified the suspect as 25-year-old Officer Kenroy Cummings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The department says the internal affairs bureau is conducting an administrative investigation, but directed questions about the shooting to state police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities have not confirmed how the suspect and the victim knew each other or whether they were related.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Lehigh County Coroner&#8217;s office says out of respect for the family&#8217;s privacy, the victim&#8217;s identity will not be released until after the autopsy. That is scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; Philadelphia police have confirmed that an off-duty officer is the suspect in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[107695,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-252039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-107695","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252039","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=252039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}