Tag: Uptown

10 shots fired during drive-by shooting on 3rd St. in Harrisburg

Harrisburg Police responded to the scene of a reported drive-by shooting in broad daylight at 3rd and Woodbine Streets. One resident said she heard 10 shots fired from a vehicle.
It is unknown if the suspects remain a threat to public safety.

Opinion: Pennsylvanian’s Deserve Expanded Medical Marijuana Offerings, Especially Our Veterans

The Veterans, African American, and low-income communities across all spectrums are disproportionately effected from the current federal laws on the books governing marijuana possession and use.
In D.C., President Donald J. Trump has done more for marijuana reform than anyone ever expected.

The historic ‘Black Wall Street’ will rise again as “Jackson Square” on N. 6th Street in Harrisburg, PA

“It’s where a lot of prominent black entertainers and people in the community came to spend money.”

McCoy brothers team up to tackle blight by renovating N. 6th Street in Harrisburg, PA

Football brothers LeRon and LeSean McCoy are renovating 1000 N. 6th St.—at the corner of Boas Street—into a five-unit, market-rate apartment building, with additional retail or community space.
They also have plans to purchase the Jackson Hotel and then build a new, larger, market-rate apartment building next to it at the corner of N. 6th and Herr streets.

Three young children abandoned in vehicle as felon with loaded gun runs from Police in Uptown Harrisburg

As the vehicle pulled over in the 2600 block of Jefferson Street, Karelle Middleton exited the driver’s seat and began running south.
When the suspect fled he left three small children in the vehicle: a 3-year-old, a 5-year-old, and an 8-year-old. Police found a loaded Smith and Wesson .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol in his jacket. The firearm had an obliterated serial number.

Ground Zero in the War on Police – Harrisburg, PA

U.S. Attorney David Freed hinted in his comments Thursday of a larger story behind why the elite federal task force was sent to the home where the shootout ensued. Police have been repeatedly targeted in Harrisburg.

String of Armed Robberies in Midtown Harrisburg

Update: 2 Armed Robbers arrested in separate incidents Harrisburg, PA – After a bank robbery was reported at 3rd & Reily Streets earlier this week, […]

Double Murderer on the loose in Harrisburg – Update: Suspect Arrested

Since this incident, there have been multiple other shootings with injuries in Uptown Harrisburg, as well as shooting murders in Carlisle and York, Pennsylvania the same weekend.

Shooting Uptown @ Kennedy Fried Chicken – Harrisburg, PA

Victim was located at the gas station at N 7th and MaClay Streets with a gunshot wound to the hip
A crime scene was located in the lot of Kennedy Fried Chicken with multiple casings recovered and vehicles damaged