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Police: Barber shop owner shot to death outside shop

Published  July 13, 2016 5:29pm EDT
US
FOX 29 Philadelphia

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WTXF/AP) - An Allentown barber shop owner is dead after police say he was shot to death in front of his shop.

40-year-old Eric Wagner was shot and killed as he sat outside his barber shop on the 100 block of South 8th Street in Allentown just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

The Lehigh County Coroner's Office says the Bethlehem man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after the shooting.

An autopsy officially determined this was a homicide from gunshot wounds to his body.

It's unclear if police have identified any suspects.

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