Deputy U.S. Marshal killed, two officers wounded serving fugitive warrant in Harrisburg, PA

January 18, 2018, 10:33 AM

Sig2340

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www.wgal.com: UPDATE: U.S. Marshal and suspected gunman killed in shootings

HARRISBURG, Pa. —

WGAL News 8 has learned that a U.S. Marshal was killed in a shooting in Harrisburg this morning. Two other law enforcement officers, a York detective and Harrisburg police officer, were injured and the suspect was killed, according to a federal source.

The officers were serving a warrant on a woman along the 1800 block of Mulberry Street around 6:30 a.m. When they attempted to serve it, a man came out of a building and fired on the the officers, hitting three.

Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse said the Harrisburg officer, who was wounded, returned fire and critically injured the gunman.

More information is expected to be released at a 2 p.m. news conference. WGAL will broadcast that on air and online.
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What We Know:

- Officers were shot and taken to local hospitals. They were a U.S. Marshal, a York detective and a Harrisburg officer. The York City Police Department says the detective's injuries are not life threatening.

- The suspected shooter is dead.

- The shootings happened along the 1800 block of Mulberry Street around 6:30 a.m. The area is a residential neighborhood.

- Police shut down the neighborhood and cleared houses.

- There is a very large police presence at the scene, including the SERT team, multiple agencies and ambulances.

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January 18, 2018, 11:39 AM

Fenris

Damn. I hate seeing this.

Prayers for the officers and their families.

January 18, 2018, 11:44 AM

David Lee

Man I've been to York 1 time in a rats nest of a motel. The area was bad. I would never visit there again.

January 18, 2018, 11:54 AM

Chris42

I live in York County. Like many areas, much of it is very nice, a few not so nice.

“I would never visit there again” is painting with a pretty broad brush.

As for the OP, yes, both Harrisburg and York (and Lancaster for that matter) have had areas develop bad reputations in recent years. It seems to be the fate of many urban areas.

It will be interesting to see if high employment will influence a change in those areas.

January 18, 2018, 12:56 PM

wbw

I've lived in York now for a year and a half. Having moved from the Baltimore area, and having worked in Baltimore city, I haven't seen an area of York city yet that begins to compare with Baltimore's ghettos. It's all relative.

I love it here. I can go weeks between hearing sirens. And it has a small town feel. The front page of the sports section of the paper is predominantly high school, then college, then professional further back. In the Baltimore Sun paper the high school news was on page five or six, if there was any at all. Not that I need high school sports, just showing the small town feel compared with Baltimore.

January 18, 2018, 05:09 PM

xwesler

York here as well, but my branch office is in Harrisburg. It's similar in some respects...those fantastic areas, and then suddenly in you're in one that's not so nice...

January 18, 2018, 08:10 PM

hile

Here's hoping that there's some way that the US Attorney can charge the woman who had the warrant. I grew up in Carlisle, about half an hour away from where this went down. The US Attorney David Freed was an acquaintance years ago. He's good people.

January 18, 2018, 08:14 PM

Elk Hunter

Condolences to family and friends of the Marshal. Prayers for the two wounded officers, their families and co-workers.

I really, really hate to see these incidents.

Elk

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