Crime & Safety

Man's Shooting Death Ruled Suicide

Self-inflicted shooting reported at Lower Macungie apartment complex Wednesday.

A man shot himself inside Spring Creek Apartments on Wednesday afternoon, according to a Morning Call report.

The Lehigh County Coroner on Thursday said James Reese, 65, died at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Salisbury.

The coroner ruled the death a suicide.

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There has been a least one other suicidal shooting in Lower Macungie Township so far this year. A 32-year-old woman from Drexel Hill in Delaware County killed herself at home on Brookstone Drive in February.


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