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Wanted Man Shot In Head During Hostage Situation In Harrisburg: Police Wanted Man Shot In Head During Hostage Situation In Harrisburg: Police
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…
Suspect Airlifted, Charged With Attempted Homicide In Hours-Long PA Standoff With Sniper Rifle Suspect Airlifted, Charged With Attempted Homicide In Hours-Long PA Standoff With Sniper Rifle
Suspect Airlifted, Charged With Attempted Homicide In Hours-Long PA Standoff With Sniper Rifle A knife attack in Pennsylvania led to an hours-long standoff involving a sniper rifle before police airlifted the suspect to a trauma center and charged him with criminal attempt to commit homicide. Mack Antonoff, 62, has been charged with criminal attempt to commit homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault, and reckless endangerment, Pocono Mountain Regional Police said. Officers responding to a home on the 400 block of Cedar Drive in Long Pond found that Antonoff had tried to stab a woman several times on Thursday, Oct. 20, the department said. The woman suffered minor injuries but wa…
Police Justified In Shooting Jersey Shore Drugstore Robber Who Stabbed Officer, Grand Jury Says Police Justified In Shooting Jersey Shore Drugstore Robber Who Stabbed Officer, Grand Jury Says
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…
Video Shows Major Police Response To Harrisburg Hostage Situation, Suspect Surrenders Video Shows Major Police Response To Harrisburg Hostage Situation, Suspect Surrenders
Video Shows Major Police Response To Harrisburg Hostage Situation, Suspect Surrenders A person who fled a domestic violence incident and abandoned children inside of a Harrisburg home on Monday who was also allegedly armed has surrendered to police, authorities said Tuesday. Local resident Matt Moyer streamed from the scene live on Facebook around 9:30 a.m., calling the incident a hostage situation. Initial reports given to police said that the suspect had held the children at gunpoint and was armed with a handgun, according to police. The suspect had already fled the scene on the 1200 block of Market Street on Monday when patrol units arrived, Harrisburg police said. The …
Harrisburg Man Imprisoned After 33-Hour Standoff Allegedly Attacks Inmate With Crate Harrisburg Man Imprisoned After 33-Hour Standoff Allegedly Attacks Inmate With Crate
Harrisburg Man Imprisoned After 33-Hour Standoff Allegedly Attacks Inmate With Crate Derrick Hutcherson, 36, shot his girlfriend in the head and held her grandmother and his child hostage for 33 hours last month-- now police say he attacked a fellow inmate with a milk crate. During a morning pill call, Hutcherson threw a cup of water into the face of a Prima care medical employee while exiting his cell, then he pushed past the worker and a correctional officer to grab a milk crate and slam it down onto another inmate's neck on July 5 around 9 a.m., according to court records obtained and first reported by PennLive. The other man suffered a cut and neck pain. Detective…
Lower Paxton Police Release Details In 33- Hour Standoff Lower Paxton Police Release Details In 33- Hour Standoff
Lower Paxton Police Release Details In 33- Hour Standoff After approximately 33 hours, the gunman has been arrested and the hostages are safe, according to Lower Paxton Township police. The standoff started Monday at Pennswood apartments in Lower Paxton Township after a violent domestic assault in one of the apartment units. Derrick Hutcherson, 36, of Harrisburg, has been arrested and is facing numerous felony charges, including attempted criminal homicide for shooting his 25-year-old girlfriend, as Daily Voice previously reported. His girlfriend has been identified as Mariah Lewis. Lewis lived in the apartment with her grandmother, Wanda Jacks…
DEVELOPING: Woman Shot In Head, Barricaded Gunman Has Hostages In Lower Paxton Twp. DEVELOPING: Woman Shot In Head, Barricaded Gunman Has Hostages In Lower Paxton Twp.
Developing: Woman Shot In Head, Barricaded Gunman Has Hostages In Lower Paxton Twp. A gunman remains barricaded in the Pennswood apartments for a second day, as more details are released by area police. A 25-year-old woman who is the man's girlfriend and child's mother was shot in the head on Monday around 11:50 a.m., according to Lower Paxton Township police. The woman was taken to a local hospital where she is in stable condition. The hostages he has taken are the girlfriend's mother-- who lives in the apartment the man is barricaded in-- and his child. Communication has been established with the suspect. The situation started as a domestic violence dispute. Lower…