Shots are fired toward cop dealing with double-parked car, police say
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
An Allentown man is accused of shooting multiple rounds toward a city police officer dealing with a double-parked car last weekend, authorities said Friday.
No one was reported injured, and the officer did not return fire, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin and Allentown police Chief Glenn Granitz Jr. announced in a news release.
It occurred about 2:50 a.m. Sunday in the 500 block of North Lumber Street.
Officer Cody Mullins had spotted a double-parked vehicle, turned on the emergency lights of his marked cruiser and begun speaking with the occupants of the vehicle, according to the release.
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