Man Killed on Easton's South Side

Police say 44-year-old New York City man shot and killed at McKeen and Nesquehoning.

Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a New York City man on Easton's South Side Sunday night. The 44-year-old man's body was at the intersection of Nesquehoning and McKeen streets around 9:30 a.m., according to Lt. Matthew Gerould. Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek has ruled the death a homicide, but is waiting to notify the man's next of kin before releasing his name, police said. Police are seeking a vehicle that may have fled from the scene -- possibly moving west on Nesquehoning and then west again on Canal Street.  Anyone with any information on the case should call Inspector Daniel Reagan at 610-250-6796 or 610-759-2200 This was the second homicide on Easton's South Side in a little over a week, and the fifth overall…

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Police Find Spent Round at Scene of Killing

Search warrant uncovers spent round where Easton DJ was shot.

Police Search Home in South Side Homicide

Court records show Easton police searched residence where city DJ was gunned down.

Easton police offered new details about the death of a popular local DJ shot and killed Friday on the city's South Side. According to court records, a search warrant was served Sunday night at 147 W. St. Joseph St., where the body of Ervin Holton was found by officers responding to the report of gunfire. The warrant was approved by on-duty District Judge John Capobianco in Nazareth. It indicates that Holton was found in the front doorway of the home, and that officers could see blood inside the three-story brick residence. Two women were home at the time, police said. In the warrant, police say there were looking for bullets, casings, guns, ammunition, gunshot residue, blood, DNA, trace evidence "and anything else that could be associated …

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