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Man Taken by Ambulance After SWAT Response Shuts Harrisburg Streets

Officials have not said why tactical units converged on a Market Street home.

Overview

  • The operation began around 10:30 a.m. Saturday at a home on the 1800 block of Market Street in Harrisburg.
  • Police closed parts of 18th, 19th and Zarker streets during the response, and Market Street began reopening around 1 p.m.
  • An EMS crew escorted a man with a bandaged left hand from the house around 12:40 p.m., and he was loaded onto a gurney and taken by ambulance.
  • A police source told PennLive the person had been barricaded inside the home.
  • Multiple agencies assisted, including Harrisburg, Steelton, Swatara, Susquehanna and Pennsylvania Capitol Police, with a K-9 and a drone seen on scene, and authorities had not disclosed a reason as of 2:30 p.m.