LANCASTER, Pa. — Update, May 3: Police have added an additional charge against Edwin Concepcion in the case.
Detectives with the Lancaster Bureau of Police executed a search warrant at a home on the 300 block of South Queen Street on Tuesday and recovered a handgun with an obliterated serial number.
The handgun was linked to Concepcion, who is now facing an additional charge of possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number, according to police.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the case, and ask anyone with information to contact Det. Adam Flurry at (717) 735-3444 or Det. Austin Krause at (717) 735-3476.
Update, May 2: Edwin U. Concepcion, 22, from Lancaster has been charged with criminal homicide in the shooting death of Isreal Lugo.
According to the Lancaster Bureau of Police, Concepcion has also been charged with person not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and firearms not to be carried without a license.
Concepcion was taken into custody on the 300 block of S. Queen Street without incident.
Detectives with the Lancaster Bureau of Police are still working on this investigation and encourage anyone with information to call Detective Adam Flurry at 717-735-3444 or Detective Austin Krause at 717-735-3476.
Callers can provide the information anonymously.
Previously: Lancaster County police are investigating a shooting that has killed one person.
According to the Lancaster Bureau of Police, on May 1 at 2:02 p.m., officers were dispatched to the first block of W. New St. for a reported shooting.
Officers arrived and located an unresponsive adult man who appeared to be shot. EMS arrived and the man was transported to a local hospital for treatment, where he then succumbed to his injuries.
The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office and Forensic Center identified the deceased man as Israel Lugo, 69, of Lancaster. The coroner said Lugo's cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds to the body and the manner was homicide.
It's unclear if a suspect is in custody.
Lancaster City police are actively investigating. Anyone with information has been urged to call 717-735-3301. Information can be delivered anonymously or submitted through CRIMEWATCH.
