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Apr 29, 2021
We ve learned a bit more about the April 21st incident that left a man dead at the Wawa in Upper Macungie Township and his killer dead from a suicide. The Lehigh County DA s office says Za Uk Lian of South Whitehall Township shot at a woman s car on Route 22 as both drivers were going at a speed of about 70 miles per hour. Lian then drove to the Wawa, where he shot and wounded one person and then shot and killed Ramon Ramirez as Ramirez was pumping gas. The DA says Lian also pointed a gun at a group of people at the Wawa and tried to steal two different vehicles but failed when police began arriving. Lian then ran off and killed himself at a nearby daycare center. Lian s motive remains unknown.
Two people were found dead after shots were fired in an apartment at the Canal Park apartments in Easton late Tuesday night, Easton Police Lt. Matthew Gerould said. A 63-year-old woman in an adjoining apartment was also injured.
Apr 28, 2021
A late Tuesday night incident has left two people dead on the South Side of Easton. Police were called to the Canal Park Apartments around 11:30 last night and when they arrived they found a man and a woman dead and another woman with a gunshot wound to the leg. Police say that woman was in a neighboring apartment and was hit when a bullet went through the wall. DA Terence Houck says police are not looking for anybody else who may have been involved in the incident and there s no danger to the public.
Pennsylvania health officials say that 48-percent of Pennsylvanians have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The state is ranked 10th in the nation for percent of population with at least one dose. State health officials aim to have 80-percent of Pennsylvanians vaccinated to reach herd immunity.