Incident

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    2-17-2025 Pennsylvania Reading 2-1

    Location

    February 17, 2025

    1200 block of Locust St
    Reading, Pennsylvania

    Participants

    • Type: Victim
    • Age: 0
    • Age Group: Child 0-11
    • Gender: Female
    • Status: Injured
    • Type: Victim
    • Name: Selena Zavala-Hernandes
    • Age: 20
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Gender: Female
    • Status: Killed
    • Type: Subject-Suspect
    • Relationship: Significant others - current or former
    • Name: Jesus Peñaloza Cruz
    • Age: 31
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Killed

    Incident Characteristics

    • Shot - Wounded/Injured
    • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
    • Suicide^
    • Murder/Suicide
    • Child Involved Incident
    • Child injured (not child shooter)
    • Domestic Violence

    Notes

    Cruz and Zavala-Hernandes were the child's mother and father

    Guns Involved

    1 gun involved.

    • Type: Unknown

    District

    Congressional District: 6
    State Senate District: 11
    State House District: 126