Crime & Safety

Man Found Dead in Car in Amity, Local Shops Evacuated, Police Say

Most of the Ben Franklin Court Shopping Center in Amity was evacuated on Sunday after a man was found dead in a car.

Police said Monday that an evacuation of the Ben Franklin Court Shopping Center in Amity on Sunday was due to a man found dead in a car behind the center, according to The Mercury.

Amity police said that the man was not a Berks county resident.

Police said that a store employee found the man in the car, which was rented from Philadelphia, around 3:30 p.m.

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Police said that the manner in which the man apparently killed himself called for precautionary measures, and so all of the nearby shops were evacuated, except for the CVS.

Police utilized a robot that broke one of the car windows and it was determined that nothing there required detonization by the police or robot, according to police.

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