Police are on the scene of a shots fired incident in Harrisburg, Pa.

WEATHER FOR OUR WEDNESDAY COMING UP IN MY FULL FORECAST. NEIGHBORS WHO HELPED RESCUE FAMILY MEMBERS FROM THIS LEBANON FIRE TALK ABOUT THE ONE YEAR OLD BOY THEY COULDN’T SAVE. A NEW BIPARTISAN PROPOSAL TO LEGALIZE ADULT USE CANNABIS. I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROPOSAL AND WHERE THE GOVERNOR STANDS ON THE ISSUE. RESIDENTS FORCED TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES FOR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON IN A CHAMBERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE WORKS AT SHEETZ AND SHE COULDN’T GO TO WORK BECAUSE, WELL, THERE WAS A SNIPER RIFLE SET UP RIGHT BY HER CAR. WHAT LED UP TO POLICE SWARMING A HOME? REGISTERING TO VOTE ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. WHAT? THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THIS ELECTION. AFTER A LITTLE BOY DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN LEBANON. NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS ARE RALLYING TOGETHER FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE STILL RECOVERING AND MOURNING THE LOSS OF THE ONE YEAR OLD. GOOD EVENING. I’M JERE GISH, AND I’M LORI BURKHOLDER. NEWS 8 MEREDITH JORGENSEN VISITED A GROWING MEMORIAL ALONG BRANDYWINE STREET, THE SCENE OF FRIDAY’S FATAL FIRE IS NOW A COLORFUL MEMORIAL TO THE ONE YEAR OLD BOY WHO DIED TRAPPED INSIDE. AS TWO MEN WHO BROKE INTO THE HOUSE TO HELP TELL US THEY WISH THEY COULD HAVE DONE MORE. WE BASICALLY BROKE IN THE FRONT DOOR AND WENT OUT BACK. NEIGHBORS HENRY SIDERS AND ANGEL LAURINO ENTERED THE BURNING HOME. EVEN BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. AS ANGEL’S DAUGHTER, GENESIS TRANSLATES, THE MEN COULDN’T GET TO THE SECOND FLOOR TO BABY NOAH. APAGANDO. FUEGO. I JUST CAME DOWN THE STAIRS. HE CAME BACK BECAUSE THE FIRE WAS BIGGER AND THE SMOKE WAS MORE. IT’S A SCENE. THE MEN SAY THEY KEEP REPLAYING IN THEIR HEADS. ME AND ANGEL WENT IN AND TRIED TO GO FOR THE BABY. AND WE WENT SO FAR. AND WE DIDN’T TRUST GOING ANY FURTHER. BECAUSE WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WE WERE WALKING TO. I JUST WISH WE COULD HAVE. GOT TO THE BABY BECAUSE THAT HURTS. FIRE MARSHALS CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE EXACTLY WHAT STARTED THIS FIRE. FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE PLANNING A BALLOON RELEASE HERE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. FRIDAY AT 4:00. IN LEBANON, I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN WGAL NEWS EIGHT. IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, WE NOW KNOW A POLICE INCIDENT IN CHAMBERSBURG THIS AFTERNOON COMES AFTER A HOMICIDE LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY A 22 YEAR OLD MAN WAS FOUND DEAD FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND AND PHYSICAL ASSAULT INSIDE AN APARTMENT ON LINCOLN HIGHWAY JUST BEFORE 11 LAST NIGHT. DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION, POLICE SAY THEY IDENTIFIED A PERSON OF INTEREST AND OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE SUSPECT’S HOME AND PICTURES FROM NEWS EIGHT VIEWERS SHOW AN ARMORED VEHICLE IN A BACKYARD AND HEAVILY ARMED OFFICERS IN CAMO. YOU CAN SEE STAKED OUT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR NICHOLSON SQUARE VILLAGE IN CHAMBERSBURG AS THEY SERVE THAT WARRANT. NEIGHBORS WERE TOLD TO SHELTER IN PLACE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS. WE DID SPEAK TO ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO SAID THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO GET TO WORK BECAUSE OF ALL THE POLICE. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS HERE. SHE’S NOT IN SCHOOL. SHE’S RECENTLY GRADUATED AND SHE WAS ABOUT TO GO TO WORK AND SHE COULDN’T GO TO WORK BECAUSE, WELL, THERE WAS A SNIPER RIFLE SET UP RIGHT BY HER CAR. POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE OF INTEREST WERE DETAINED TODAY, AND THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ACTIVE. BUT THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION AFTER A SHOTS FIRED INCIDENT IN LANCASTER, LANCASTER POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS FOR REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED IN THE AREA OF EAST NEW STREET AND NORTH SHIPPEN STREET AROUND 915 LAST NIGHT. POLICE TELL US A FIGHT BROKE OUT DURING A HOUSE PARTY AND MOMENTS LATER, TWO PEOPLE SHOT INTO THE HOME. THEY SAY A JUVENILE IN THAT HOME RETURNED FIRE. SERGEANT TODD GRIEGER WITH THE LANCASTER POLICE SAY THAT AN INVESTIGATION LED THEM TO ARREST ONE JUVENILE, SO FAR COLLECTED SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE WHICH LED US TO THE ARREST OF A JUVENILE. THERE ARE SOME OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT WE’RE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE, BUT I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD AND BRING THAT INFORMATION TO US SO THAT WE CAN SOLVE THIS CASE EXPEDITIOUSLY AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. BUT THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES. TESTIMONY CONTINUED TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF A FLORIDA MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATHS OF TWO LANCASTER COUNTY SIBLINGS, BRANDY AND LENNY CASPER. THEY WERE KILLED WHEN THE CAR THEY WERE IN WAS HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER IN MAY OF 2021, ANNE SHANNON IS AT THE COURTHOUSE WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT LEFT THE VICTIM’S FAMILY IN TEARS. ANNE YEAH, LORI AND JERRY. THIS WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY FOR THE VICTIMS FAMILY. THAT’S BECAUSE POLICE BODY CAM VIDEO OF THAT FIERY CRASH THAT CLAIMED THEIR CHILDREN’S LIVES WAS SHOWN TODAY IN THE COURTROOM. 21 YEAR OLD BRANDY CASPER AND 18 YEAR OLD LENNY CASPER WERE DRIVING HOME THE NIGHT OF MAY 22ND, 2021, WHEN THE FORD RANGER PICKUP TRUCK THAT THEY WERE IN COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER BEING DRIVEN BY THIS MAN. THE MAN WITH THE SUIT AND TIE, 40 YEAR OLD CESAR TORRES. TORRES IS FROM FLORIDA AND HE WAS TAKING A CAR CARRIER FILLED WITH VEHICLES FROM THE MANHEIM AUTO AUCTION BACK HOME. TORRES SAT QUIETLY IN THE COURTROOM TODAY, SHOWING LITTLE EMOTION AS FOR NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE OFFICERS TOOK THE STAND AND TESTIFIED. ABOUT WHAT? ABOUT WHAT THEY CALL A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 72 AND GREYSTONE ROAD. NOW ALSO ON THE STAND, THE LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, THEIR CRASH RECONSTRUCTION EXPERT, DETECTIVE GREGORY WALL. HE SAYS, QUOTE, THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE TRACTOR TRAILER FAILED TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT AND HIS SPEED WAS HIGHER THAN THE POSTED LIMIT. NOW, THOSE SAME POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE ON THE STAND TODAY TOLD THE JURY THAT TORRES TOLD THEM THAT NIGHT THAT HE BELIEVED THE LIGHT WAS GREEN. HIS ATTORNEYS MAINTAIN THIS IS JUST A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. BUT TORRES IS NOT RESPONSIBLE. TESTIMONY CONTINUES TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 A.M. IN LANCASTER, ANNE SHANNON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANNE, THANK YOU. IN LEBANON, THE COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS HAS DECIDED A SUSPECT INVOLVED IN A TRIPLE HOMICIDE LAST YEAR WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. JAMES FERNANDEZ REYES WAS 16 AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. AFTER HEARING MONDAY HE WAS DETERMINED FIT TO STAND TRIAL AS AN ADULT ALONGSIDE HIS CO-DEFENDANTS. THE LEBANON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST ALEX TORRES SANTOS AND IVAN CLAUDIO ROSARIO. ALL THREE ARE CHARGED WITH SHOOTING AND KILLING TWO YOUNG BOYS IN A TEENAGER. THAT TRIAL COULD START AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE NEW PICTURES TONIGHT FROM YESTERDAY’S CAR CHASE IN ADAMS COUNTY. OFFICERS SAY THEY CHASED 19 YEAR OLD LUCAS SANDOVAL AFTER MULTIPLE TRAFFIC OFFENSES, AND THAT CHASE ENDED UP AT A QUARRY IN MCSHERRYSTOWN. POLICE SAY THE CAR WENT INTO THE WATER AND OFFICERS HAD TO RESCUE SANDOVAL AND HIS 17 YEAR OLD PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND. NEITHER WERE INJURED. POLICE SAY SANDOVAL WAS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AT THE TIME. HE FACES CHARGES OF DUI, ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE AND RECKLESS DRIVING. AND RIGHT NOW IN YORK COUNTY, PENNDOT OFFICIALS ARE HOSTING AN OPEN HOUSE ABOUT THE PLANS TO REHABILITATE THE COLUMBIA-WRIGHTSVILLE BRIDGE HEAVILY TRAVELED BRIDGE THERE. THAT WORK ON THE BRIDGE INCLUDES ADDRESSING STRUCTURAL WEAKNESSES AND ADDING IMPROVEMENTS FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS BY ADDING NEW SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS. THE WORK COULD START BETWEEN 2027 AND 2020, OR 2031, AND IT WOULD CLOSE THE BRIDGE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. TONIGHT’S OPEN HOUSE IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO ASK QUESTIONS AND VOICE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT. IT WILL BE RUNNING AT THE COLUMBIA MARKET HOUSE UNTIL 8:00 TONIGHT. AND IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, WE’LL HAVE ALL THE LATEST ON NEWS EIGHT AT TEN. AND 11, WHEN NEARLY ALL OF PENNSYLVANIA’S NEIGHBORING STATES LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. SOME ARE WONDERING IF OUR STATE IS READY TO JOIN THEM. LET’S GO TO TOM LEHMAN IS LIVE AT THE CAPITOL IN HARRISBURG. ON A RECENT PROPOSAL, TOM, AND WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS TO SAY. YEAH. LORI, THIS LATEST BIPARTISAN BILL WOULD CREATE A SYSTEM TO TAX, REGULATE AND ESSENTIALLY MONITOR THE USE AND SALE OF CANNABIS HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH. AND SOME SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BRING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT LEAST IN TAX REVENUE EACH YEAR, AS WELL AS CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS. A LOT OF THERE’S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT IT THERE. YOU KNOW, WE’VE REALLY SEEN A LOT OF MOMENTUM. REPRESENTATIVE EMILY KINCAID IS CO-SPONSORING A BILL TO LEGALIZE ADULT USE CANNABIS THROUGH A PROGRAM UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. THE BILL ALSO DEALS WITH EXPUNGING PREVIOUS MARIJUANA RELATED CONVICTIONS AND PRIORITIZES PARTICIPATION OF MINORITY WOMEN AND VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY. BUT WHETHER IT’S HER BILL OR ANOTHER. KINCAID HOPES GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO HELPS A PROPOSAL GET TO THE FINISH LINE. I THINK THE BALL REALLY IS IN HIS COURT AT THIS POINT. SHAPIRO WAS IN DUNCANNON TUESDAY AT A RUTGERS GAS STATION HIGHLIGHTING NEW AVAILABILITY FOR CANNED COCKTAILS UNDER A NEW LAW. I ASKED HIM ABOUT CANNABIS LEGALIZATION. HE SAID HE’S HOPEFUL LAWMAKERS FIND CONSENSUS. ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY LEGALIZED CANNABIS. THERE ARE PENNSYLVANIANS WHO MAY BE TRAVELING OUT OF STATE TO PURCHASE CANNABIS. STILL, MANY REPUBLICANS NEED CONVINCING AND SAY SOME STATES WITH LEGALIZED CANNABIS HAVE SEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PROBLEMS. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT ADULT USE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE GOES UP AND ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT ALSO INCREASE AND WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES WHY OR WHY WOULD WE DO THIS? IT’S NOT NOW. ALTHOUGH LAWMAKERS ARE IN THEIR FALL SESSION RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THIS LEGISLATION AND OTHER PROPOSALS AREN’T LIKELY TO PASS UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT YEAR. BUT OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, AS YOU HEARD, A LOT OF BIPARTISAN INTEREST IN TRYING TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION, THOUGH, A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS STILL HAVE TO BE CONVINCED IN HARRISBURG. TOM LEHMAN, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. TOM, THANK YOU. 24 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAVE FULLY LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, AND 14 MORE STATES ALLOW IT FOR MEDICAL USE ONLY. MEDICAL USE MEANS THE PERSON NEEDS TO BE CERTIFIED BY A DOCTOR AND GIVEN A PERSONALIZED PATIENT CARD. RESEARCH FROM THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT SHOWS. AS OF 2022, OVER 700,000 PENNSYLVANIANS HAD A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD THAT’S ABOUT 5% OF THE POPULATION. AND NOW TO COMMITMENT TO COVERAGE TODAY IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY. AND DICKINSON COLLEGE HELD ITS OWN REGISTRATION DRIVE FOR STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. NEWS EIGHT’S BARBARA BARR REPORTS ON TURNOUT AND WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE ELECTION AND THE WAY THAT YOU KEEP A REPUBLIC IS TO ENGAGE AND TO VOTE. DICKINSON COLLEGE’S PRESIDENT HELPED KICK OFF THE VOTER REGISTRATION EVENT PUT ON BY DICKINSON VOTES, A NONPARTISAN GROUP OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GRAB STICKERS. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER. I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ELECTION. I KNOW WE’RE A SWING STATE AND WE’RE A BATTLEGROUND STATE, SO I WANTED TO JUST TAKE PART IN THAT. I HEARD PENNSYLVANIA WAS A SWING STATE, SO I FEEL LIKE MY VOTE MATTERS HERE. EVEN THE UNOFFICIAL SCHOOL MASCOT WAS IN THE SPIRIT. OH, CHARLIE, ONE STUDENT SAYS HE HAS A LITTLE EXTRA CLASSROOM INCENTIVE TO SIGN UP. I’M NOT REALLY UP TO DATE ON POLITICS. MY TEACHER OFFERED ME TEN EXTRA CREDIT POINTS IF I REGISTERED TO VOTE. THE STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN VARIOUS ISSUES. IT’S AN EXPENSIVE SCHOOL, SO I THINK THAT MAYBE SOME STUFF WITH THE STUDENT LOANS. I ALSO CARE A LOT ABOUT WHAT THIS POTENTIAL ELECTION WILL MEAN FOR A LOT OF MINORITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DO YOU WANT TO REGISTER TO VOTE? WELL, HISTORY HAS SHOWN YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T USUALLY VOTE IN THE NUMBERS OLDER CITIZENS DO. A MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WE TALKED WITH WERE LEANING TOWARD ONE CANDIDATE. I WILL BE VOTING FOR KAMALA HARRIS IN THIS ELECTION AND WHY? I THINK REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. I LIKE HOW KAMALA, FIRST OF ALL, CARRIES HERSELF. OTHERS ARE UNDECIDED. I DON’T REALLY I HAVEN’T REALLY DONE MUCH RESEARCH. ORGANIZERS SAY THEY’VE REGISTERED ABOUT 100 STUDENTS IN AN HOUR, AND THEY’RE STILL COUNTING. AT DICKINSON COLLEGE, BARBARA BARR NEWS 8. ALL RIGHT. WITH JUST UNDER 50 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE GENERAL ELECTION, IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO. VOTE, TODAY IS THE PERFECT TIME. YOU CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE RIGHT ON THE SCREEN, AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR WEBSITE, WHERE WE DO HAVE A GUIDE TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE READY TO VOTE. THEY MADE A COMMENT, BUT LIKE A NICE HOUSE, BY THE WAY, AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE, SEXTORTION EMAILS WITH A PICTURE OF YOUR HOUSE TO MAKE THE SCAM MORE THREATENING AND FRIGHTENING. I’M EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE. CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROACH. I’LL SHOW YOU THE EMAIL BEING REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COMING UP NEXT. ALL RIGHT. OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK SHOWING SOME SHOWERS JUST SOUTH ACROSS MARYLAND. SOME LIGHT ACTIVITY THERE. I’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE COULD SEE THAT WET WEATHER MOVING IN ACROSS VALLEY. IN MY FORECAST.

Police are on the scene of a shots fired incident in Harrisburg

Updated: 9:25 PM EDT Sep 17, 2024

Police are on the scene of a shots-fired incident in Harrisburg. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.According to the Dauphin County dispatchers, the incident occurred in the neighborhood of Berryhill and South 14th Streets around 7:15 p.m. Stay with us for updates.For live traffic updates, click here. Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

HARRISBURG, Pa. —

Police are on the scene of a shots-fired incident in Harrisburg.

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

According to the Dauphin County dispatchers, the incident occurred in the neighborhood of Berryhill and South 14th Streets around 7:15 p.m.

Stay with us for updates.

For live traffic updates, click here.

Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wgal.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.