Harrisburg Crime Report: Two armed robberies and a shooting.
Friday May 03, 2013 at 7:05 pm
By James Roxbury

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As released by the Harrisburg Bureau of Police:

Type of Incident: Robbery investigation

. Date / Time: 05-02-2013 at about 2230 hrs.

. Location: S. 20th and Kensington Sts.

. Investigating Officer: Detective Division

. Victim: White male, 19, Harrisburg resident

. Suspect: Three black males, 17-20 yrs. old and all wearing black hooded sweatshirts.

. Charges: Pending

. Narrative: On 05-02-2013 at about 2245 hrs. patrol officers were dispatched to a home in the Allison Hill area on a report that a man had been beaten and robbed. The man said that he was walking home from a local pizza shop. He was attacked and hit on the head with a handgun by a robber. The robber told him to get down on the ground. The robber was joined by two other robbers. The trio punched and kicked the man. They took his shoes, Pitt University backpack and wallet. They demanded his cell phone. The man tried to hold on to it but one robber stomped on the man’s wrist and forced him to let go of the cell phone. The robbers then ran off.

. The man went to the Harrisburg Hospital for treatment of numerous contusions

Type of Incident: Robbery investigation

. Date / Time: 05-03-2013 at about 0150 hrs.

. Location: 1700 block of State St.

. Investigating Officer: Detective Division

. Black male, 20, Harrisburg resident

. Suspect: Black male, 20-30 yrs., about 5’10”, 150 lbs., light complexion, and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with the hood up.

. Black male, 20-30 yrs., husky, dark complexion and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.

. Charges: Pending

. Narrative: On 05-03-2013 at about 0200 hrs. patrol officers were dispatched to a home in the Allison Hill area on a report that a man had been beaten and robbed. The man said that he was walking home from a friend’s house. He saw two men wearing hooded sweatshirts approach him. The men then walked onto a porch of a home and looked like they were going to the front door. The man relaxed a bit but as he passed the porch one robber pulled out a handgun and demanded his valuables. Both robbers attached the man, hitting him with the handgun, punching and kicking him also. The robbers took the man’s wallet, cell phone and a small amount of cash.

. The man went to the Harrisburg Hospital for treatment of lacerations and contusions to his head.

Type of Incident: Shooting investigation

. Date / Time: 05-02-2013 at about 2220 hrs.

. Location: Jazzland Bar, 1922 Walnut St.

. Investigating Officer: Detective Division

. Victim: Black male, 40, Harrisburg resident

. Suspect: Unknown

. Charges: Pending

. Narrative: On 05-02-2013 at about 2230 hrs. patrol officers were dispatched to the Jazzland Bar on a report that a man had been shot. The man suffered a gunshot wound to the back of his thigh. He said that he went outside the bar to text a friend. He heard several shots in the area of State St. and then felt a pain in his leg. He collapsed and crawled back into the bar. He was taken to the Hershey Medical Center for treatment of a non-life threatening wound. The man lost his cell phone. He dropped it and his car keys when he collapsed. A bar patron found the keys but not the cell phone.

. Responding officers did not locate any other evidence. A forensic investigator checked the area the next morning. Area residents pointed out where a number of shots were heard the night before. The investigator located spent casings from a handgun. The casings were about 100 yards away from the bar door and near State St. It appears that the wounded man may have been hit by a stray bullet.

The investigation continues and anyone having any information on this is asked to contact Lt. Robert Fegan at 717-255-3114, email HYPERLINK "mailto:rfegan@cityofhbg.com" rfegan@cityofhbg.com to reach City detectives.

. Anyone may also call the Dauphin County Police dispatch at 717-558-6900 and ask for a City detective.

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