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Jorge Mercado Castro

Case from Reading, PA dated Jun 18, 2023

Victim Details

Jorge Mercado Castro

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Reading

PA

2023-06-18

32

Jorge

Mercado Castro

06/23/2026

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On June 18, 2023, at approximately 1:15 a.m., a double shooting occurred in the 300 block of Penn Street in Reading, Pennsylvania, resulting in the deaths of 32-year-old Jorge Mercado-Castro and 29-year-old Jamar Oliver. Both men were traveling eastward in a vehicle when they were shot. Oliver was found in the 400 block of Penn Street with a head injury and a gunshot wound to his right arm, while Mercado-Castro was located at Fifth and Penn streets, having suffered a gunshot wound to the head. M ...
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  • WFMZ.com: Man dies after double shooting on Penn Street; 2 charged
  • WFMZ.com: 2 men shot on Penn Street early Sunday morning
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