On the evening of Labor Day, September 2, 2024, 39-year-old Terrence Brunson was sitting on a porch on the 500 block of West Liberty Street in Allentown when a man wearing a face covering opened fire. Brunson was shot in the chest and taken by private vehicle to St. Luke’s Hospital Sacred Heart Campus, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency department at 11:19 p.m. The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

The Allentown Police Department, the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force, and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office investigated. Authorities described the shooting as an isolated incident and said there was no ongoing threat. Surveillance footage captured the shooter in a black hooded sweatshirt, a baseball cap, and black pants with white side stripes; police said that footage proved crucial in identifying a suspect. The investigation continued after the killing.

Did anyone in the area on West Liberty Street that night see the shooter or notice suspicious activity nearby?