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Allentown man arrested after domestic disturbance and shooting

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Allentown, PA — At 8:47 a.m. on Friday, July 26, Allentown Police officers responded to a home in the 500 block of North 13th Street on a report of a domestic dispute. When officers arrived, they heard gunshots coming from inside the home.

Officers entered the home and found evidence of recent gunfire. It was quickly determined that the shooter had fled through the back of the home. The suspect was found a short time later in the basement of a neighboring home. The suspect was arrested without further incident and found in possession of a 9mm handgun.

The suspect was identified as Joel Reyes, 30, of Allentown. Reyes is charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, recklessly endangering another person, possession of a firearm without a permit and trespassing.

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