Joseph J. Basnight, a 33-year-old Black/African American male from Reading, Pennsylvania, died on August 20, 2019, after a shooting inside a city apartment. What began as a confrontation tied to counterfeit bills ended with gunfire, leaving Basnight fatally wounded in an apartment in the 100 block of South Third Street. He was remembered in his obituary as a son, a father, and a sibling, survived by his mother, his daughter, two sisters, and a brother.
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