One dead in early-morning shooting

Jamar Parker, 36, of Coatesville killed in incident at South Fourth and Maple avenues in city

COATESVILLE » Coatesville police are looking for clues in an earlymorning, Easter Day shooting that left a city man dead.

The homicide victim was Jamar Parker, 36, of Coatesville, police said.

Police were dispatched to South Fourth Avenue and Maple Avenue at 1:02 a.m. for a report of a shooting with a person down. When they arrived, a victim was on the ground, suffering from gunshot wounds. First aid was immediately administered by police officers until the arrival of ambulance.

The victim was taken to Brandywine Hospital, but pronounced dead by the Brandywine Hospital Emergency Department physician at 1:30 a.m.

No other information was available by police, and the investigation will continue this week.

Assisting at the scene were the following agencies: Chester County Detectives, West Caln, West Brandywine, Caln, East Fallowfield police departments, and Coatesville Fire and Ambulance.

Anyone with information should contact the City of Coatesville Police Department at 610384-2300 or Chester County Detectives at 610-344-6866.

Anonymous tips can be submitted to police via text message to TIP411 (847411) with key word “Coatesville” or by downloading the Coatesville Police Mobile Phone App.

It was the second Easter Day shooting in the area.

A woman was shot to death in Pottstown in the early-morning hours of Easter Sunday.

Pottstown Police responded to a report of a shooting around 2 a.m. in the 300 block of Johnson Street between Third Street and Fourth Street.

According to witnesses at the scene, a woman believed to be in her 20s was shot multiple times

and died on the sidewalk next to a fence on Johnson Street.

One neighbor said they heard at least five gunshots and some screaming and yelling before calling 9

Coatesville police are seeking the public’s help with unsolved homicides, and the police department is offering a reward for promising tips.

The Coatesville Police Department is providing a $4,000 reward to anyone who provides information about an unsolved homicide that leads to an arrest and conviction of the person(s) involved. The police department said the following murders are still unsolved:

Stephen Raison was killed in January 1999 in the area of North Fourth Ave at East Chestnut Street. Carnell Pittman was killed on August 7, 2003 at 5:30 a.m. in the 600 block of East Chestnut Street. Shontae Petterson and Carnell

Parker were killed on July 6, 2008 at 9:11 a.m. inside at 204 Charles Street. Trey A. Toaltoan was killed on March 29, 2010 at 10:57 p.m. at 577 East Lincoln Highway. Lee Caster Lewis was killed on Feb. 14, 2011 at 3:54 a.m. inside at 30 Strode Avenue. Jose Juarez Pinto was killed on Feb. 17, 2012 at 9:42 p.m. in the 400 block of Oak Street. Alex E. Davis was killed on July 2, 2012 at 11:39 p.m. in the 600 block of Belmont Street. Devaughn Shelton was killed on Dec. 13, 2012 at 3:51 p.m. inside at 571 Olive Street. Christopher Robinson was killed on March 5, 2016 at 10:17 p.m. in the unit block of Penrose Lane. David Fitzsimmons and William Chance were killed on Sept. 28, 2016 at 3:22 a.m. inside at 577 East Lincoln Highway. Damon E. Wylie was killed on Sept. 29, 2016 at 5:08 a.m. in the unit block of Modena Alley.

The public may contact the following with tips: Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers at 1-800-4PA-TIPS; Coatesville police at 610-3842300 and Chester County Detectives 610-344-6801.