The investigation continues into a shooting that claimed the life of a Whitehall Township man in the early-morning hours of Oct. 18.

Jeffrey Werner, 53, was killed inside his Pennsylvania Street, Fullerton, home.

According to Lehigh County Coroner Eric D. Minnich, Werner died of gunshot wounds. Minnich ruled the death a homicide. An autopsy was completed Oct. 19.

According to reports, emergency personnel were called to 626 Pennsylvania St. approximately 4:15 a.m.

Whitehall Township Police Department first reported the incident via Twitter, alerting the community that the 600 block of Pennsylvania Street was closed to all traffic due to a homicide inside a home there.

Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin confirmed early in the investigation that morning that one person was dead, adding the shooting was not random and neighbors were not in danger.

The death is being investigated by Whitehall Township Police Department, with the assistance of Pennsylvania State Police, the Homicide Task Force of the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office and the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office.