ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A 39-year-old city man was shot to death Monday night near North Law and Liberty streets, officials said.
A release from the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Terrence Brunson, and ruled his death a homicide.
According to the release, police were called to a shooting at 10:29 p.m. in the 500 block of West Liberty Street and learned Brunson had been transported to the hospital.
He died in the emergency department at St. Luke’s Hospital’s Sacred Heart Campus, according to the coroner's office.
An autopsy will be completed Wednesday, the release said.
In addition to the coroner’s office, the Allentown Police Department, the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office are investigating.
"It appears to be an isolated incident and we do not believe there is an active or ongoing threat to the public," Allentown Patrol Captain Daniel Gross said via email.
In a separate release, Gross said no one has been charged at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Allentown Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 610-437-7721 or the Allentown Police Department Complaint Desk at 610-437-7753.
Additionally, anonymous text tips may be sent through the Tip411 available on the Allentown Police Department Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Allentownpolice or the Allentown Police Department website at https://www.allentownpa.gov/Police.
The shooting comes a week after a shootout in which five bystanders were shot and others were injured during a Dominican Festival in downtown Allentown.
Two men are in Lehigh County Jail facing charges of attempted homicide and aggravated assault in connection with that incident.
