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4-Year-Old Girl Shot By Wanted Murderer, Police In Pennsylvania Say 4-Year-Old Girl Shot By Wanted Murderer, Police In Pennsylvania Say
4-Year-Old Girl Shot By Wanted Murderer, Police In Pennsylvania Say A 47-year-old convicted murderer is wanted following a stand-off in Harrisburg over the weekend that left a 4-year-old girl— along with two others— shot, authorities explained on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.  Shawn Tyrone Jason is wanted on three felony criminal homicide attempt charges, felony aggravated assault, and felony person not to possess a firearm, according to the Harrisburg Police.  Officers and SWAT were called to the reported shooting in the 1800 block of North Street just before 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. After an approximately five-hour-long standoff, SWAT entere…

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PA Murderer Of MD Soldier Over $24 Found Dead: DOC PA Murderer Of MD Soldier Over $24 Found Dead: DOC
PA Murderer Of MD Soldier Over $24 Found Dead: DOC A 34-year-old killer serving a life sentence— for murdering a former US Army soldier during a robbery of $24— has died, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on Thursday, April 13, 2023.  Ryan Lynn Horton, was found unresponsive in his cell on April 11, Eric Tice, superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Somerset announced.  "Prison staff and medical personnel immediately responded and provided life-saving measures. EMS arrived and advanced life support measures were continued," Tice stated in the release.  Horton was declared deceased at 6:1…

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2 Inmates Die In Three Days After Being Found Unresponsive In PA Prison: DOC 2 Inmates Die In Three Days After Being Found Unresponsive In PA Prison: DOC
2 Inmates Die In Three Days After Being Found Unresponsive In PA Prison: DOC A man who intimidated a witness and a man who repeatedly raped a six-year-old girl were both found unresponsive in their cells and have died, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections tells Daily Voice.  Robert Dale Williams, 40, of Millersville, was found unresponsive inside his cell at the state correctional institutional Rockview in Benner Township on Friday, March 3, 2023, and Andrew Yuhas, 61, of Wilkes-Barre, was also found the same way in his cell the following Monday, March 6, according to two separate statements from the DOC. In both cases, SCI Rockview Prison staff and …

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