Residents who were evacuated during the standoff were permitted back into their homes, but not until Tuesday afternoon.
Many are speaking out about what they witnessed.
Harrisburg Police Chief Pierre Ritter said two rows in each direction were evacuated, around housing unit 13G.
Many of the residents we spoke with say they were not only able to hear the numerous shots fired, but the perimeter line was close enough for them to see it.
”Yeah, I heard all of it,” commented one resident.
Scared and apprehensive, Nicole, a mother of five, was able to move her family back into their home Tuesday afternoon. They live only three doors down from the home where all the gunfire took place.
A few doors down on the opposite side of the shot out windows, Wan Irizarry checked to see if his electricity was back on. Police say it was shut off as part of the standoff procedures.
His wife and two kids were evacuated Tuesday, and he said he was at work when he got the call from his scared wife.
“She said you know there's a lot of cops shooting looking for a guy,” Irizarry explained. “I'm in the office, I don't know what to do. I'm going to come get you and take you to your mom's house.”
Tuesday afternoon, employees with the Harrisburg Housing Authority stopped by the homes to survey the damage. The damage included muddy grass ruts from the vehicles, bullet holes in windows and doors.
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All of these images just feet away from a playground and elementary school.
While some residents had damage assessments, for others just vivid reminders.
“It sounded like a war out here,” Cathy Porter told CBS 21.
Porter says she saw and heard things that should never happen in a neighborhood.
“I'm ready to get out of here, they had this porch barricaded, that porch,” Porter demonstrated.
She says while the perimeter was clearly defined, she feels it was too close to all the action.
“There were still people out looking when gun fire was going off and everything,” Porter told us.
Many are speaking out about what they witnessed.
Harrisburg Police Chief Pierre Ritter said two rows in each direction were evacuated, around housing unit 13G.
Many of the residents we spoke with say they were not only able to hear the numerous shots fired, but the perimeter line was close enough for them to see it.
”Yeah, I heard all of it,” commented one resident.
Scared and apprehensive, Nicole, a mother of five, was able to move her family back into their home Tuesday afternoon. They live only three doors down from the home where all the gunfire took place.
A few doors down on the opposite side of the shot out windows, Wan Irizarry checked to see if his electricity was back on. Police say it was shut off as part of the standoff procedures.
His wife and two kids were evacuated Tuesday, and he said he was at work when he got the call from his scared wife.
“She said you know there's a lot of cops shooting looking for a guy,” Irizarry explained. “I'm in the office, I don't know what to do. I'm going to come get you and take you to your mom's house.”
Tuesday afternoon, employees with the Harrisburg Housing Authority stopped by the homes to survey the damage. The damage included muddy grass ruts from the vehicles, bullet holes in windows and doors.
.
All of these images just feet away from a playground and elementary school.
While some residents had damage assessments, for others just vivid reminders.
“It sounded like a war out here,” Cathy Porter told CBS 21.
Porter says she saw and heard things that should never happen in a neighborhood.
“I'm ready to get out of here, they had this porch barricaded, that porch,” Porter demonstrated.
She says while the perimeter was clearly defined, she feels it was too close to all the action.
“There were still people out looking when gun fire was going off and everything,” Porter told us.