Tywon D. Abner, 33, was found with a gunshot wound in the 500 block of Allen Street in Allentown in the late hours of July 28, 2022. Police and paramedics transported him to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, where he died in the early morning of July 29, 2022. The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound and classified it a homicide.

Nearly two years later, in June 2024, authorities announced the arrest of 30-year-old Allentown resident Steven M. Rosa on a homicide charge tied to Abner’s shooting. Rosa was already in Lehigh County Jail on unrelated charges when the homicide charge was lodged; he was also charged with persons not to possess a firearm due to a prior robbery conviction and carrying a firearm without a license. Because of the homicide presentment, bail was not set and further details were sealed after the grand jury presentment.

Abner worked at an Allentown animal shelter, was a contractor in the construction trades, and was a father to seven children. He was originally from Plainfield, New Jersey, and is survived by his parents, sixteen siblings, and many friends. Has anyone who knew Tywon or who was in that part of Allentown on July 28, 2022 come forward with information?