2 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Wawa in Upper Macungie Township
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2 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Wawa in Upper Macungie Township
A man is dead after authorities said he opened fire on several people, killing one and injuring another, in the parking lot of a Wawa in Upper Macungie Township Wednesday morning before turning the gun on himself.
UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A man is dead after authorities said he opened fire on several people, killing one and injuring another, in the parking lot of a Wawa in Upper Macungie Township Wednesday morning before turning the gun on himself.
Man opens fire at Pa. Wawa, kills truck driver pumping gas before killing himself: police
Updated 12:32 PM;
Today 9:41 AM
Vehicles remain in the parking lot of the Wawa in the 7500 block of Schantz Road in Upper Macungie hours after an incident April 21, 2021.Sarah Cassi | For lehighvalleylive.com
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A man killed himself soon after killing one person and wounding another early Wednesday morning outside a Wawa in Upper Macungie Township, authorities report.
During a news conference Wednesday morning outside the store at Schantz Road and Route 100, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said the incident began just after 4:45 a.m. as a person driving a white Toyota Corolla fired a shot at a woman who was driving a car on Route 22 between Route 309 and Cedar Crest Boulevard.
Man pumping gas at convenience store killed, shooter dead
By MICHAEL RUBINKAMApril 21, 2021 GMT
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) A man opened fire at a convenience store in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, killing a truck driver who was pumping gas and wounding another man before taking his own life, officials said.
The man had first shot at a car on a highway several miles away before heading to the convenience store, according to Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin. The woman in the car told authorities she didn’t realize her car had been hit with a bullet until she stopped at a Wawa store in Upper Macungie Township, outside Allentown. She was uninjured.
The shooting occurred at a Wawa in Upper Macungie Township, just outside Allentown, shortly before 5am
The gunman, who has not been identified, shot at least two people, including a truck driver pumping gas who later died in hospital
Another man who was shot in his car is being treated in hospital
The gunman fled the scene on foot and was found dead outside a nearby day care center parking lot
The motive for the shooting wasn t immediately known
Serious incident being investigated at Lehigh County Wawa; injuries reported; coroner’s office called in
Updated 8:53 AM;
Today 6:40 AM
Authorities investigate after a serious incident April 21, 2021, left people injured at the Wawa in the 7500 block of Shantz Road and Route 100 in Upper Macungie Township.Sarah Cassi | For lehighvalleylive.com
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People were injured, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Nathan Branosky confirmed.
When asked if a suspect had been located just before 6:45 a.m. near a child care center along Route 100, a Lehigh County emergency dispatch supervisor declined to comment.
Just before 8:30 a.m., Branosky said there is no danger to the public.