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Police investigating 1st murder of year in Reading, Pa.

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Thursday, March 2, 2017
Police investigating 1st murder of year in Reading, Pa.

READING, Pa. (WPVI) -- Reading police are investigating the city's first murder of the year.

A 32-year-old man was shot in a parking lot on the 200 block of Penn Street overnight.

A second man was also hit, but will survive.

Investigators say the victims were walking to their cars when the shooter came up from behind.
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