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Name Withheld

Age : 27

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 01/24/2026

Location : 2800 block of Rockdale Road

City : North Whitehall

County : Lehigh

State : Pennsylvania

Agency : Pennsylvania State Police

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during encounter

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 01/24/2026, Pennsylvania State Police troopers from the Bethlehem barracks responded at about 11:03 a.m. to a residence on the 2800 block of Rockdale Road in North Whitehall Township following reports of a disturbance involving a man armed with a handgun. Troopers arrived and found a 27-year-old man inside a parked Toyota Camry in the driveway holding a handgun. State Police set up a perimeter and engaged with the man, attempting to communicate with him and achieve a peaceful resolution. During those efforts, the man discharged his firearm multiple times from inside the vehicle and pointed the weapon in the direction of troopers. Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team negotiators continued to attempt contact. Around 2 p.m., the man again fired his weapon toward law enforcement officers. A Special Emergency Response Team member returned fire, striking the man. Emergency medical personnel treated him at the scene and then transported him to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, where he died later that evening. No troopers were injured. The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death to be a gunshot wound. The Pennsylvania State Police Troop M Major Case Team, Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, and coroner are investigating the shooting.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/criminal-justice/victim-in-officer-involved-shooting-dies-identified-as-27-year-old-from-north-whitehall
https://www.tnonline.com/20260124/state-police-man-who-fired-gun-from-car-shot-by-troopers-in-n-whitehall-twp/
https://www.wgal.com/article/troopers-man-fired-gun-at-law-enforcement/70127129
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/troopers-shoot-armed-man-north-whitehall-township/4338716/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/north-whitehall-trooper-involved-shooting-164304099.html