Third Shooting In Four Nights In Allentown Neighborhood: Cops

The third shooting in the last four nights occurred late Tuesday in north Allentown, according to police.

A 20-year-old Allentown man was shot twice and taken to Allentown EMS, police said.

The incident on the 1100 block of Catasauqua Avenue is the third in the neighborhood since Saturday.

The Morning Call in Allentown spoke with residents in the neighborhood after the shooting:

“I’ve been living here 29 years,” said one woman, huddled on her front porch with two other women, “and I’ve never seen anything like this. This is a nice street. [But] now every night, it’s a shooting.”

On Saturday night, residents said, a car was shot up on Catasauqua Avenue, just yards north of the Tuesday night shooting. They said the car was hit seven times.

There was no shooting Sunday, but at 8:10 p.m. Monday, a man was shot in the thigh around the corner, on Lincoln Street at Fullerton Avenue. Police said this man, 25, was hospitalized with a non-life-threatening wound.

No information about suspects in Tuesday night’s shooting has been released at this time.

This is a developing story. Please check back for more information.

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