Woman, 1-year-old boy killed, 6 others hurt in shootings in Allentown, Pa.

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Woman, 1-year-old boy killed, 6 others hurt in shootings in Allentown, Pa.

A one-year-old boy and a 44-year-old woman were killed in a shooting in Allentown on Friday night, the Lehigh County coroner said.

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Woman, 1-year-old boy killed, 6 others hurt in shootings in Allentown, Pa.​

By Joe Brandt

December 30, 2023 / 10:08 AM EST / CBS Philadelphia







ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CBS) -- A one-year-old boy and a 44-year-old woman were killed Friday night in a shooting in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the Lehigh County Coroner announced.

The shooting happened before 9 p.m. Friday at a home on the 100 block of Chestnut Street, Coroner Daniel Buglio said in a news release.

Police arrived at the scene and found three victims: the boy, the woman, and a 66-year-old man.

Neither of the victims have been identified in the shooting. The boy and the woman were inside a home on the block at the time.

Allentown Police said on Facebook that the man is expected to survive.




"Their identities are being withheld to allow family to grieve in private," Allentown Police said.

5 hurt in 2 other shootings in Allentown overnight​

Police said the Chestnut Street shooting did not appear to be connected to two other shootings that happened Friday night.

After 9 p.m. on the 300 block of Ridge Avenue, police responding to a report of a shooting found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds. At the scene, police arrested 23-year-old Demitrius Bashir Campbell. He's now charged with attempted homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, and other offenses including possessing a gun without a license.

Both victims were taken to a hospital and expected to survive.




Three other people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday morning.

Just before 2:30 a.m., police arrived at the parking lot of an Irish bar on the 1600 block of Hanover Avenue for a reported shooting. There they found a man with serious gunshot wounds. He was hospitalized and expected to survive.

Two other victims from the shooting arrived at local hospitals later and are expected to survive.

 

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Woman, baby boy killed in Allentown shooting identified: Lehigh County Coroner

The 1-year-old boy and 44-year-old woman who were killed in an Allentown home shooting Friday night were identified by the Lehigh County Coroner's Office Tuesday afternoon.

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Woman, baby boy killed in Allentown shooting identified: Lehigh County Coroner​

By Jessica MacAulay, CBS News Philadelphia Staff

January 2, 2024 / 3:22 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CBS) -- The 1-year-old boy and 44-year-old woman who were killed in an Allentown, Pennsylvania home shooting Friday night were identified by the Lehigh County Coroner's Office Tuesday afternoon.

The 1-year-old baby boy, identified by Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio as Sebastian Serrano, was found shot inside a home on the 100 block of Chestnut Street just after 10 p.m. Friday. The Lehigh County Coroner ruled the baby's death a homicide and said an autopsy is ongoing.

The 44-year-old woman identified by officials as Ada Ortiz was found shot in her home just before 10 p.m. Officials said Ortiz's cause of death was homicide by multiple gunshot wounds.

The Lehigh County Coroner said the shooting that killed Serrano and Ortiz and injured a 66-year-old man, who police said was expected to survive, happened at around 8:49 p.m. Friday inside a home on the 100 block of Chestnut Street.


Allentown Police Department along with the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force and the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office are investigating the fatal shooting.

 

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Man wanted for fatally shooting woman, 1-year-old grandson in Allentown turns himself in: police

Multiple agencies are investigating the shooting that left 44-year-old Ada Ortiz and her 1-year-old grandson dead in Allentown.

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Man wanted for fatally shooting woman, 1-year-old grandson in Allentown turns himself in: police​

By Tom Ignudo

Updated on: January 4, 2024 / 11:01 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CBS) -- The man accused of fatally shooting a woman and her 1-year-old grandson in Allentown last week turned himself in to authorities on Thursday night, the Allentown Police Department said.

Gabriel Cartagena, 43, was wanted for the killings of 44-year-old Ada Ortiz and her 1-year-old grandson, Sebastian Serrano Jr. Cartagena was taken into custody without incident and processed accordingly, police said.


Cartagena was charged with two counts of criminal homicide, attempted homicide, aggravated assault and other offenses, the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office said.

Police found Ortiz and her grandson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the living room of a home at 160 Chestnut Street in Allentown on Dec. 29, the DA's office said.

A third gunshot victim, Leandro Ortiz, the husband of Ada, was shot in the upper left side of his chest, according to the DA's office.



Leandro Ortiz told police he was shot by Cartagena when he stepped between the shooter and a 7-year-old child inside the home, the DA's office said.

Multiple agencies are investigating the shooting.