Overview
- Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo confirmed a fatal shooting with one additional person wounded near Fourth and Locust Streets Tuesday afternoon.
- A separate police standoff unfolded blocks away at Second and Swatara Streets as officers established a perimeter with heavy equipment.
- All Steelton-Highspire schools were locked down for hours as a precaution, with a staggered dismissal starting around 5 p.m.
- The district held students who walk home until police confirmed safe routes in the largely walking school community.
- Multiple agencies responded, a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter circled overhead, and the county coroner arrived on scene shortly before 4 p.m.