Coroner Names Victim as Police Hunt Teen Charged in York Home Killing

Overview

• York County coroner identified the victim as Adam Goss, 30, and ruled his death a homicide from a gunshot to the head.
• Police charged Jeremiah A. Beato, 19, with criminal homicide in the Sunday afternoon shooting inside a home on the 900 block of East King Street.
• Beato fled before officers arrived and remains at large; authorities advise not to approach him and to call 911 with tips.
• Court affidavits say witnesses heard a “pop,” saw Beato holding a gun wrapped in cloth, and heard him say, “I popped him, he laced me, he was trying to kill me.”
• Investigators recovered a handgun and a single 9mm casing at the scene and say Beato and Goss knew each other, though the motive is unclear.