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Harrisburg Opens Homicide Investigation After Domestic Stabbing Kills Woman

Police say her partner is hospitalized with self-inflicted wounds after being taken into custody.

Overview

  • Officers were dispatched just after noon Tuesday to the 300 block of South 17th Street for a reported assault.
  • Police found a woman and a man with lacerations, and the woman died at the scene.
  • District Attorney Fran Chardo said the man was her partner, who then injured himself and is under hospital care.
  • Investigators report all involved parties are identified and describe the case as an isolated incident, with no charges filed to date.
  • Harrisburg police ask anyone with information to call 717-558-6900 or submit a tip online, and authorities have not released the names.