Officials say they have not released the child's name out of respect for the boy's family.
The Allentown Police Department has launched an investigation into the death of an 11-year-old boy.
Authorities say officers responded to a home on the 600 block of N. Front Street in Allentown on Tuesday around 7:25 p.m. According to officials, the boy was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest just before 8:30 p.m., and the Lehigh County Coroner's Office was called to respond around 9 p.m.
The Coroner's Office will conduct an autopsy on Wednesday at 8 a.m. to determine the child's cause of death, authorities say.
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