‘We are in crisis’: Harrisburg mayor addresses deadly ODs, triple shooting

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‘We are in crisis’: Harrisburg mayor addresses deadly ODs, triple shooting
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In one day in the city, fentanyl killed 3 men and 1 woman within a mile of one another downtown. And a child and 2 adults were shot in Allison Hill.

The other overdose victims were still alive as of Saturday night. The victims who died were in their early 40s to early 60s, said Police Capt. Terry Wealand, and all of them lived within a mile of each other on North Second Street downtown.

Jason slipped out of his home and was last seen walking east on Primrose Street behind his home before police sealed a perimeter around his home for a tactical operation.from an argument between the suspect and his neighbors,Police would not say if he fled with the rifle he used in the shooting that littered the street with shell casings. Officers staked out his home for 5 hours Saturday before entering his home and finding it empty.

“Harrisburg we’re’ in a crisis,” Williams said, to open the news conference. “We were inundated with a lethal batch of drugs.” She implored anyone considering drug use to be incredibly careful knowing there are drugs laced with powerful fentanyl likely still circulating in the city.Police were called to the first fatal overdose at 12:23 a.m. Saturday at an apartment in the 1600 block of North 2nd Street, where they found three adults overdosing.At 9 a.m.

County officials distributed Narcan, an opioid overdose reversal drug across the city. Police said a limited quantity of Narcan would be available to residents in the lobby of police headquarters at 123 Walnut Street.

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