Dan Stamm

Man Dies in Midday Shooting in Lehigh Valley

A midday shooting on a Lehigh Valley street left a man dead.

Gunfire rang out around 1:20 p.m. near Monroe Street and North 6th Street in Allentown, city police said.

Officers found 37-year-old Paris Graves suffering from gunshot wounds. Graves died a short time later at the hospital.

No word yet on a motive for the killing, which took place in a residential area where a church sits on the next corner.

Investigators asked that anyone with information on the incident to call police at 610-437-7721.

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