In late summer 2024 the Salisbury Township community in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, was disturbed when family members could not reach 65-year-old Richard A. Costello. A welfare check on August 2, 2024, led responding officers to his home where Costello was found deceased. The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office determined he died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen, and an autopsy confirmed that cause of death.

The shooting was treated as a homicide. The Salisbury Township Police Department, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, and the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force opened an active investigation and have appealed for information. No arrests or suspect details have been released to the public.

If anyone has information about Richard Costello’s death or noticed anything unusual in that neighborhood around August 2, 2024, please contact the investigating agencies.