Luis D. Torres Jr., 32, was shot multiple times and killed in the early hours of Sunday, August 2, 2026, on the 1400 block of North 5th Street in Reading, Pennsylvania. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene; an autopsy listed multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death and ruled the manner homicide.

Investigators say a 43-year-old Reading resident, Federico Perez Polanco, was identified as the suspect after witnesses reported an altercation between Torres and Perez Polanco that escalated into the fatal shooting. Perez Polanco reportedly fled the scene, traveled to New Jersey, and booked a same-evening flight to the Dominican Republic. He was arrested at a New Jersey airport by a multiagency task force and was awaiting extradition back to Pennsylvania on first-degree murder and related charges.

Anyone who witnessed the incident on North 5th Street in the early morning of August 2, 2026, or who has information about the events leading up to the shooting is asked to come forward.