{"id":65301,"date":"2025-12-19T15:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/65301\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:02:08","slug":"1-dead-2-injured-in-big-woodys-shooting-in-allentown-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/65301\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead, 2 injured in Big Woody&#8217;s shooting in Allentown, Pa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2014 A 34-year-old Allentown man is dead and two others are injured after a shooting inside Big Woody\u2019s Restaurant and Bar at 1302 Hanover Ave. early Friday morning, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to the bar at about 1:30 a.m. for a reported shooting and found two victims suffering from gunshot wounds, according to the Allentown Police Department. A fight precipitated the shooting, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers rendered first aid and the victims were transported to an area hospital for treatment. One victim succumbed to his injuries; the other is expected to survive, police said.<\/p>\n<p>A third victim from the incident arrived at a nearby hospital a short time later and is also expected to survive, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said the man was pronounced dead at 2:40 a.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2013Muhlenberg. Buglio ruled the death a homicide due to gunshot injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The victim\u2019s identity is being withheld to allow the family to grieve privately and is expected to be released later Friday, Buglio said. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s shooting marks the second fatal incident at Big Woody\u2019s in recent years. In February 2022, a 42-year-old man was fatally shot in the parking lot during a dispute. The shooter in that case was later convicted of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>Police said there is no danger to the community at this time. The investigation is active and ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The Allentown Police Department, Lehigh County District Attorney\u2019s Office, Lehigh County Homicide Task Force and Lehigh County Coroner\u2019s Office are jointly investigating.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call the Allentown Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 610-437-7721 or the complaint desk at 610-437-7753. Anonymous tips may be submitted through the department\u2019s Facebook page or website.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/lehighdaily.com\/author\/jai-smith\/\" class=\"flex-shrink-0 group block leading-none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764282993_735_newheadshot2-e1723998834556-150x150.webp.webp\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\"  alt=\"Jai Smith\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-96 alignnone photo block rounded-full w-20 h-20 md:w-14 md:h-14 object-cover ring-2 ring-white dark:ring-[#2a2a2a] shadow-lg group-hover:ring-brand transition-all duration-200\"\/>                <\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-text-secondary dark:text-gray-400 mt-1.5 leading-relaxed\">Jai Smith is a lifetime Lehigh Valley resident on a mission to empower local underserved communities and inform the public while providing journalists and storytellers a platform to develop the next generation of news media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2014 A 34-year-old Allentown man is dead and two others are injured after a shooting inside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-65301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65301","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=65301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}