{"id":84909,"date":"2026-01-12T20:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84909\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:51:26","slug":"knife-wielding-woman-shot-by-police-in-allentown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84909\/","title":{"rendered":"Knife-wielding woman shot by police in Allentown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/lehighdaily.com\/author\/isabel-hope\/\" class=\"flex-shrink-0 relative z-10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/isabel-hope-headshot-300x300.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  alt=\"Isabel Hope\" class=\"avatar avatar-300 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-300 alignnone photo rounded-full w-12 h-12 object-cover ring-2 ring-white dark:ring-gray-800\"\/>                                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                                    Updated Monday, January 12, 2026, 3:31 pm                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lehighdaily.com\/author\/isabel-hope\/\" class=\"flex-shrink-0 relative z-10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/isabel-hope-headshot-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\"  alt=\"Isabel Hope\" class=\"avatar avatar-64 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-64 alignnone photo rounded-full w-8 h-8 object-cover ring-2 ring-white dark:ring-gray-800\"\/>                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                        By <a href=\"https:\/\/lehighdaily.com\/author\/isabel-hope\/\" class=\"text-brand hover:text-brand-400 transition-colors font-medium\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                            Isabel Hope                                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                                Updated Monday, January 12, 2026, 3:31 pm                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rich-rolen-good-shepherd-shooting-scaled.jpg\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"good shepherd rehabilitation shooting officer woman with knife allentown rich rolen\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>                                <\/p>\n<p>                                        Allentown police officers are seen inside the former Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital at 850 S. Fifth St. following an officer-involved shooting in Allentown, Pa. on Jan. 11, 2026.                                    <\/p>\n<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2014 Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan and Allentown Police Chief Charles Roca announced an ongoing investigation into a non-fatal, officer-involved shooting that occurred Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the former Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Police and emergency services were called to the vacant facility at 850 S. Fifth St. to assist a woman who appeared to be in distress, according to authorities. When first responders approached, the woman brandished a knife and threatened them, police said. An officer then fired one shot, striking the woman.<\/p>\n<p>The woman received immediate emergency care at the scene and was transported to a local hospital for further treatment. Authorities emphasized that reports indicating the shooting was fatal are incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the woman was neither a patient nor a resident of Good Shepherd, and the facility is no longer in operation. The incident did not involve any Good Shepherd patients, residents or employees.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting is being investigated jointly by the Allentown Police Department and the Lehigh County District Attorney\u2019s Office. Authorities said the incident was isolated, was not an active shooter event and there is no ongoing threat to public safety.<\/p>\n<p>No additional details were released as the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/lehighdaily.com\/author\/isabel-hope\/\" 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\/12\/isabel-hope-headshot-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\"  alt=\"Isabel Hope\" 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\">Isabel Hope is a journalist and website designer based in Bethlehem, PA. She graduated with a degree in journalism from The University of Alabama in 2022, where she served as News Editor of the student newspaper. Isabel has lived in the Lehigh Valley for three years and is passionate about reporting for the communities she now calls home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Monday, January 12, 2026, 3:31 pm By Isabel Hope Updated Monday, January 12, 2026, 3:31 pm Allentown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-84909","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\/84909","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=84909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}