A Palmerton man died Dec. 7 after a reported shooting in a store parking lot along MacArthur Road, Whitehall.

According to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio, Hector Manuel Garcia Gomez, 46, was pronounced dead 7:43 p.m. Dec. 7 in the emergency department at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Salisbury Township, after he was brought in for multiple gunshot wounds.

Police were called just after 6 p.m. to the parking lot area of 1155 MacArthur Road. There, officers discovered Gomez, who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

Buglio said an autopsy, completed Dec. 9 at the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office and Forensics Center, determined the cause of death as gunshot wounds to the torso and the manner of death a homicide.

The investigation is continuing; as of press time, no charges had been filed.

In addition to the coroner’s office, the Whitehall Township Police Department, the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office are involved in the investigation.