Jerkera Battle

Jerkera B. Battle, a 22-year-old Black woman from Allentown, Pennsylvania, was killed in the early morning hours of July 22, 2025, inside her apartment on the 700 block of West Turner Street. What began as a quiet morning in her home became a homicide scene after police were called for a report of a woman shot. Officers found Battle in the hallway of the apartment with multiple gunshot wounds, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. The Lehigh County coroner later identified her and ruled her ...

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