3 women honored for trying to help children involved in fatal shootings
Updated May 11, 2021;
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Avon Burton was leaving a local store last year when she came across a naked 16-year-old boy being chased by a sex offender.
She heard the boy shouting, “Help!” Then she saw a gunman standing over the boy in the middle of the street.
“We watch a grown man straddle a young kid and load bullets into his body,” she said Tuesday, recalling the dreadful memory. “It was horrific that day, as a mother.”
But Burton kept her wits about her “with remarkable courage,” and helped point Harrisburg police officers in the right direction where the sex offender was attempting to escape. He was running down an alley way in Allison Hill after the fatal shooting of Kyan King on Aug. 29.
Man injured during Monday night shooting in Harrisburg
Updated May 04, 2021;
Harrisburg police are seeking information about a Monday night shooting they say left one man injured.
Police said they met the man around 10:30 p.m. at a Cumberland Road apartment, where he told authorities he was shot earlier that night in the area of North 15th and Herr Streets.
The man’s injuries were non-life-threatening and he was treated at a local hospital, police said.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the Harrisburg Bureau of Police at 717-558-6900, or submit a tip through CrimeWatch.
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Chauvin’s guilty verdict met with satisfaction, and lots of relief, in Harrisburg’s Allison Hill
Updated 8:42 PM;
Today 8:37 PM
Otis Harrison, working at his OD s Fish House restaurant on Market Street, was among those Harrisburg residents taking quiet satisfaction in Derek Chauvin s murder conviction Tuesday night.
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HARRISBURG - As much as the videos of George Floyd’s death lit a fuse of anger and protest over repeated instances of Black men dying at the hands of police officers last summer, the instant aftermath of the conviction of Floyd’s killer Tuesday evening seemed to fall like a balm on Harrisburg and its residents.
Eviction moratorium extended another month in Harrisburg
Updated Apr 14, 2021;
Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse announced Wednesday that he has extended the eviction moratorium through May 15.
This fourth extension continues to temporarily suspend the eviction, ejectment or displacement of tenants or occupants from any residential dwelling unit or rooming house, according to a press release.
“This extension of the eviction moratorium will continue to help protect our residents during these challenging times,” Papenfuse said.
The renewable 30-day suspension of evictions only applies to eviction for non-payment of rent. It has no effect on evictions related to criminal activity, threats to the health and safety of other residents, or damage to property, according to the release.
Harrisburg Police provide an update on three investigations
The latest homicide involves a 16-year-old who police say they will not identify. They say they have ideas on the circumstances surrounding the teen s death. Author: Grace Griffaton (FOX43) Updated: 3:52 PM EDT April 1, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa.
Thursday afternoon, Harrisburg Bureau of Police provided an update on three recent investigations. Can we have a couple minutes of silence, a couple seconds of silence for all of the homicide victims in our city, requested Police Commissioner Thomas Carter.
Hours after the city s fourth homicide of the year, Commissioner Carter asked for a moment of silence at the City Government Center.