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Wanted Man Shot In Head During Hostage Situation In Harrisburg: Police
A 28-year-old Harrisburg man was shot in the head after holding a stranger's two-year-old daughter hostage, according to the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo’s Office.
Antonio Hammond has been charged with kidnapping of a minor, burglary, aggravated assault, criminal trespassing, and related firearms charges, the DA’s office explained in a release on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
Hammond was wanted for violating his parole on Feb. 23, 2023, and the Fugitive Task Force had been looking for him when Harrisburg Police spotted him on Tuesday, but he quickly fled— although not befor…
Police Justified In Shooting Jersey Shore Drugstore Robber Who Stabbed Officer, Grand Jury Says
UPDATE: Police were justified in shooting an ex-con who’d stabbed a Keansburg lieutenant with a large knife while holding a pharmacy worker hostage during a robbery, a state grand jury ruled.
James Sutton, 55, of Keansburg, was holding up the Keansburg Pharmacy in Keansburg Plaza on Main Street when officers responding to multiple 911 calls arrived shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2022, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said.
Sutton had “demanded oxycodone, and was holding a pharmacy employee at knifepoint,” Platkin said.
Two officers deployed their Tasers with no effect, t…
