Active homicide investigation in Harrisburg (2024)

IT’S JUNE 23RD, 2024. GOOD SUNDAY MORNING I’M JAY SCOTT SMITH JOINED TODAY BY METEOROLOGIST MARY ELLEN PAN AND AFTER A RECORD BREAKING DAY YESTERDAY, THINGS ARE KIND OF A LITTLE UNSTABLE THIS MORNING AROUND HERE. YEAH THEY ARE. IT’S ANOTHER HOT ONE TODAY, BUT IT’S THE LAST DAY OF OUR HEAT WAVE. OFFICIALLY, WE’RE GOING TO HIT 90 AGAIN TODAY. YESTERDAY WE BROKE A RECORD AS YOU JUST MENTIONED. IT WAS 99. WAS THE THE NEW RECORD. THE OLD RECORD WAS 97. SO IT WAS A HOT ONE. LET’S TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE. WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE MORE CLOUD COVER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY AS WE CHECK OUT OUR YORK SKY CAM. YOU CAN SEE SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS THERE. NOT A BAD LOOKING SHOT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT IS FEELING VERY SOUPY OUTSIDE AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES. LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS 81 RIGHT NOW THESE ARE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES IN HARRISBURG AND YORK 82 IN GETTYSBURG MID TO UPPER 70S ELSEWHERE. AND DEW POINTS ARE RUNNING HIGH IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. SO FEELING QUITE SOUPY OUTSIDE. WE HAD A COUPLE SHOWERS, EVEN A LITTLE RUMBLE THAT LIFTED THROUGH YORK AND LANCASTER COUNTIES THAT HAS PUSHED ON OUT OF HERE. OUR STAR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK, LIVE LOCAL EIGHT SHOWING JUST SOME CLOUD COVER DRIFTING ACROSS THE VALLEY RIGHT NOW AS WE CHECK OUT YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST, PARTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS, AS WE DO STILL HAVE THE HEAT ADVISORY THAT GOES INTO EFFECT AT NOON UNTIL 8 P.M. I’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE STORMS AND THE THREATS THAT WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR COMING UP IN MY TEN DAY FORECAST. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARY ELLEN. AND WE START THIS 6:00 HOUR WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF YORK COUNTY AS EMERGENCY CREWS WERE CALLED TO A FIRE AT A BUSINESS ON BLACK BRIDGE ROAD AROUND 2 A.M. NOW, WE’LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS FIRE AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE. MEANWHILE, IN HARRISBURG, THE DAUPHIN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE MAN INJURED. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 5 P.M. ON SATURDAY, AND IT LED TO A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE, AS WELL AS ROAD CLOSURES IN THE AREA. NOW, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FRAN CHARDO SAYS THE POLICE WERE IN THE AREA OF 19TH AND DERRY STREETS WHEN THEY SHOT A MAN DURING A FELONY TRAFFIC STOP. AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT PROMPTED THE SHOOTING, WHO THE VICTIM IS OR WHAT THAT FELONY WARRANT WAS. NO OFFICERS WERE HURT IN THE INCIDENT AND THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. NOW, CHARDO SAYS THE MAN WAS ALERT WHEN HE WAS HEADED TO BE TREATED. MEANWHILE, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST 12 DAYS AFTER ANOTHER POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING IN HARRISBURG WHEN 22 YEAR OLD KENDRELL HALL SHOT A POLICE K-9 BEFORE HE WAS FATALLY KILLED BY THE RESPONDING OFFICERS. BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED BY CERRITO’S OFFICE. WE STAY IN HARRISBURG AND THE POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING ON FRIDAY NIGHT THAT LEFT A WOMAN INJURED. IT HAPPENED AROUND 10:30 P.M. NEAR THIRD AND VERBEEK. POLICE SAY THAT THE WOMAN SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME AND WITH GUN VIOLENCE CONTINUING TO BE AN ISSUE IN THE CITY OF HARRISBURG, A GUN BUYBACK EVENT WAS HELD YESTERDAY IN THE CAPITAL CITY IN HOPES OF GETTING MORE GUNS OFF THE STREETS. NOW, THE EVENT, WHICH WAS HOSTED BY OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY KAPPA OMEGA CHAPTER, THEY TEAMED WITH THE HARRISBURG POLICE WHERE THEY ALLOWED ANYONE TO HAND OVER A GUN TO POLICE YESTERDAY, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. ALL AMMUNITION AND ANY TYPE OF GUN WAS ACCEPTED, SOMETHING THAT OFFICERS SAY MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. SOME OF THOSE FIREARMS COULD BE STOLEN. SO THIS ACTUALLY ELIMINATES THAT RISK. UM, SO YEAH, IT HELPS. TRUST ME. IT HELPS THE COMMUNITY TO GET SOME OF THOSE UNWANTED FIREARMS OUT. NOW, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE Q’S HAVE HOSTED AN EVENT OF THIS KIND, AND IT’S PART OF A LARGER EFFORT TO KEEP THE CITY OF HARRISBURG SAFE. JUST TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE COLLECTING GUNS TO CLEAN UP THE STREETS, TO MAKE THE CITIZENS OF HARRISBURG FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE AT NIGHT, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE LESS GUNS ON THE STREET TONIGHT THAN IT WAS LAST NIGHT. NOW, ANYONE THAT PARTICIPATED HAD ALSO RECEIVED A $100 VISA GIFT CARD AS WELL AS FOOD VOUCHERS. THE EVENT GOT SO MUCH TRAFFIC THAT THE GIFT CARDS ACTUALLY RAN OUT IN THE FIRST 30 MINUTES. MEANWHILE, IN LANCASTER COUNTY, AN AMTRAK TRAIN COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK JUST BEFORE 6 P.M. LAST NIGHT. IT HAPPENED NEAR OAK LANE IN EAST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP. NOW WE’VE REACHED OUT FOR MORE INFORMATION, BUT HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THIS BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YOU KNOW WE WIN PENNSYLVANIA. WE WIN THE PRESIDENT. WE. AND ALL I CAN TELL YOU YOU’LL BE HAPPY. NOW. LAST NIGHT DONALD TRUMP HELD HIS FIRST EVER CAMPAIGN RALLY IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. THAT WAS AT THE LIACOURAS CENTER AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY. NOW, TRUMP TALKED ABOUT HIS STANCE ON IMMIGRATION INFLATION AND OVERALL SAFETY, AND HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HIS NEARLY THREE DOZEN CONVICTIONS, SAYING THAT THEY ARE A BADGE OF HONOR. I’M BEING INDICTED FOR YOU NEVER FORGET OUR ENEMIES WANT TO TAKE AWAY MY FREEDOM BECAUSE I WILL NEVER LET THEM TAKE AWAY YOUR FREEDOM. NEVER. THEY WANT TO SILENCE ME BECAUSE I WILL NEVER LET THEM SILENCE YOU. AND IN THE END, THEY’RE NOT AFTER ME. THEY’RE AFTER YOU. I JUST HAPPEN TO BE STANDING IN THEIR WAY NOW, AHEAD OF LAST NIGHT’S RALLY, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE POSTED BILLBOARDS AND POSTERS AROUND THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. SOME PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS AND PROGRESSIVE GROUPS ALSO PROTESTED OUTSIDE OF THE EVENT ALONG BROAD STREET, POINTING OUT THAT TRUMP’S VALUES DIRECTLY OPPOSE THOSE OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. I THINK THIS IS KIND OF A BIG PUNCH IN THE GUT TO A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY OPPOSITE VIEWPOINTS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE NOW. AND AS WE’VE JUST BEEN WALKING AROUND, WE HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HARASSING US, ASKING US FOR PICTURES. WE ARE A UNION TOWN. WE’RE ABOUT THE LITTLE GUY. WE’RE ABOUT EVERYONE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SUSTAINABLE WAGE. AND TRUMP IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE. NOW THE EVENT ALSO MARKED THE FIRST TIME THAT REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE DAVE MCCORMICK APPEARED AT A CAMPAIGN EVENT WITH DONALD TRUMP. MEANWHILE, FIRST LADY DOCTOR JILL BIDEN IS GOING TO BE HERE IN LANCASTER COUNTY TODAY. THE FIRST LADY IS GOING TO HOLD A WOMEN FOR BIDEN EVENT AHEAD OF THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VERSUS WADE BY THE SUPREME COURT. MONDAY MARKS TWO YEARS SINCE THAT SIX THREE DECISION. WE’LL HAVE COVERAGE O