Former Shelbyville resident victim in Pennsylvania murder investigation

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The death of a man in Pennsylvania who has ties to Shelbyville is being investigated as a homicide.

Funeral services have been scheduled locally for Alexander Mason Price, 29, of Allentown, formerly of Easton, Pennsylvania, and Shelbyville, Indiana.  He passed away on Sunday in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

The Lehigh County Coroner has ruled Price's death as a homicide.

Investigators say there is no danger to the public. They believe it was an isolated incident between two people that resulted in Price's death Friday at a rooming home in Allentown. Price was discovered Sunday. Forensic units and police were on the scene all day Sunday.

The Lehigh County Coroner has declared the cause of death to be blunt force trauma to the head.

At last report, police had a man that was a person of interest but no arrests or motive.

Price's death is being investigated by the Allentown Police Department with assistance from the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force and the Lehigh County District Attorney's office.

Price, 29, was born in Indianapolis. He was a 2012 graduate of Nazareth Area High School and had also attended Northampton Community College and East Stroudsburg University.

Price is survived by his parents, Anthony and Jennifer (Nolley) Price of Easton; his brother, Adam Price and wife, Micah, of Indianapolis; sister, Chloe Price of Easton; maternal grandparents, Robert and Donna (Dunham) Nolley of Shelbyville; nieces, Clementine and Clara, and many aunts, uncles and cousins. 

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents John and Charlotte (Snow) Price; cousin, Zachary Clark.

A gathering of family and friends will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Monday at the Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, Carmony-Ewing Chapel, 819 S. Harrison St. in Shelbyville. 

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Shelbyville, with Rev. Bill Horner officiating..

Online condolences may be shared with his family at www.freemanfamilyfuneralhomes.com.

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