{"id":316087,"date":"2026-10-28T14:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/316087\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:14:26","slug":"2-men-shot-no-one-in-custody-in-bethlehem-public-housing-incident-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/316087\/","title":{"rendered":"2 men shot, no one in custody, in Bethlehem public housing incident: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"H4ZSTAEW7ZBFHOW7KPYBQ76FQU\">Two men were shot Thursday in a Bethlehem public housing neighborhood, with one suffering life-threatening injuries, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BethlehemPolice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BethlehemPolice\">police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6C3DXAVSNRC5VAG6LOPUUHVWCQ\">No suspects were in custody Friday morning, and investigators asked the public for information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CWNYUUXN7FHKZHLUTCSIMORT4U\">Police taped off a tot lot in Pembroke Village as the investigation unfolded Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UKHMA4GVB5AINMTU6UGLIINY5E\">Police responded about 6 p.m. to the report of a gunshot victim in the 1100 block of Merriman Court within the subsidized housing development off Pembroke Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SZREGMIHWJF5XPKNJ2XSRZA2RA\">Officers found one man with a gunshot wound in the 1200 block of Flower Drive. Investigators determined the shooting had occurred on Flower Drive, which becomes Merriman Court south of Fritz Drive. That victim is expected to survive, according to a news release from police. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2 men shot, no one in custody, in Bethlehem public housing incident: police\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Y4H5OENA5RHJ7NHGW5MRPSPBNM.jpeg\"  \/>Two men were shot Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in the 1200 block of Flower Drive in Bethlehem, within the Pembroke Village housing development. Police taped off the Stephen P. Godbolt Memorial Recreation Complex as they gathered evidence.Mike Nester | lehighvalleylive.com contributor<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"B5YPGLGN5FBHZNDBHF4WA7Z4PU\">Investigators could be seen gathered behind yellow police tape along the 1200 block of Flower Drive at the <a href=\"https:\/\/obits.lehighvalleylive.com\/us\/obituaries\/etpa\/name\/stephen-godbolt-obituary?id=20130139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/obits.lehighvalleylive.com\/us\/obituaries\/etpa\/name\/stephen-godbolt-obituary?id=20130139\">Stephen P. Godbolt<\/a> Memorial Recreation Complex. That\u2019s next to the Northeast Community Center that serves both Pembroke Village and the adjacent public housing development called Marvine Homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SZRT6WVPNVELPPP4UZ573XEGGE\">Minutes later, police learned of a second man suffering from a gunshot wound who had arrived at a local hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FLGDSBLM75HKFBPE5M6XFVKRBI\">\u201cThe second victim is reported to have sustained life-threatening injuries,\u201d the news release issued Friday morning by police states. \u201cInvestigators believe both victims sustained their injuries during the same incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VO7HMHHCBJDWRKSLJVJRKXOBZE\">\u201cAt this time, no suspects are in custody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YYI4NUO5RFBZJHGWXQCAVG22LQ\">Bethlehem police encourage anyone who witnessed or has information about the incident to contact investigators at 610-865-7000 or via email at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/bethlehem\/2026\/10\/mailto:policeintel@bethlehem-pa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/bethlehem\/2026\/10\/mailto:policeintel@bethlehem-pa.gov\">policeintel@bethlehem-pa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men were shot Thursday in a Bethlehem public housing neighborhood, with one suffering life-threatening injuries, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-316087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316087","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=316087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}