{"id":272566,"date":"2026-08-26T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/272566\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:14:20","slug":"34-year-old-man-dead-after-shooting-at-apartment-in-whitehall-twp-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/272566\/","title":{"rendered":"34-year-old man dead after shooting at apartment in Whitehall Twp. | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. \u2013 A 34-year-old man is dead after a shooting in\u00a0Whitehall Township Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>It happened at the Olympic Gardens apartments in the 1200 block of Pericles Place. Lehigh County Coroner Dan Buglio confirmed his office was on the scene just after 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Buglio said the man was pronounced dead Tuesday just before 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The man died as a result of injuries sustained in the shooting,\u00a0Buglio said. An autopsy Thursday will assist in determining the exact cause and manner of death.<\/p>\n<p>Buglio said the man has been identified, but his identity is not being released at this time to allow his family and friends the opportunity to grieve.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Reported shooting at Olympic Gardens in Whitehall Township - 1\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a8e61d067645.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    NVP | for WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n<p>Emergency communications dispatchers said the 911 call for the incident came in at 10:22 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not confirmed if anyone else was injured in the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>No word on if anybody has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The Lehigh County Coroner&#8217;s Office, the\u00a0Whitehall Township Police Department, and the Lehigh County District Attorney&#8217;s Office are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Reported shooting at Olympic Gardens in Whitehall Township - 1\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a8e61d067645.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    NVP | for WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Reported shooting at Olympic Gardens in Whitehall Township - 3\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a8e6255e059b.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    NVP | for WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. \u2013 A 34-year-old man is dead after a shooting in\u00a0Whitehall Township Tuesday night. 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