UPDATE:
It started as a domestic dispute and ending with police killing a machete-wielding man after a hostage standoff.
It happened in the 100 block of Evergreen Street.
29-year-old Ishmael Muhammad is dead Monday night after a dispute with his girlfriend became deadly.
At about 11:30 Monday morning, the girlfriend ran from the third floor apartment down about 100 feet to the house with the bay window. Muhammad followed, kicking in the door and about that time police arrived and Muhammad retreated back to the apartment and started to barricade himself in.
However, he was not there alone, as he had a two-year-old girl and a man with a mental disability in his twenties as hostages.
The CERT team arrived and snipers took up positions surrounding the building. Around 2:30, the suspect was dead when the team used lethal force to protect others.
Neighbors knew Ishmael Muhammad or had often seen him, but Monday for some reason the man snapped.
“Before no, before he was a good guy,” stated one neighbor. “I don't know what happened today, he went crazy, crazy, crazy.”
“He was fine this morning until this happened,” stated fellow neighbor Antonio Waldo
It was a wild scene with Muhammad breaking out the windows and waving a foot long Machete and making threats to not only to the police, but to the hostages as well.
“I saw the whole thing I saw everything,” Waldo continued. “Yeah I was inside I heard the gunshots. I grew up in this neighborhood and I have never seen anything like this before.”
While suspects have killed themselves, such as at the incident at Hall Manor last month or at Days Inn, in the twenty years of the Dauphin County CERT team’s history this is the first time officers have shot and killed an assailant.
“Preliminarily it appears that the officer’s actions, based on the evidence that we have at this time, were entirely appropriate and in fact may have very well saved the lives of the two individuals that were in that home including the two-year-old infant,” stated District Attorney Ed Marsico.
The young child and the disabled man were in the room when Ishmael Muhammad was killed.
They are both unharmed and recovering, as is the girlfriend.
Muhammad did have a number of previous arrests, most which were drug-related.
At this point the name of the officer who killed the assailant is being withheld and he is on administrative leave. To reiterate, it does seem that this was a justified police shooting.
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Shots fired and another death in Harrisburg this afternoon.
It was a deadly end to a hostage situation that involved a child as a hostage for several hours on Derry Street this afternoon.
It happened near the intersection of Derry and Evergreen Streets.
It was a wild and scary scene today when a man, who has now been shot and killed by the police, after he held a child and a disabled man in his 20s hostage with a machete.
We now know this started as a domestic dispute, between the dead man, a 29-year-old man named Ishmael Mohammed. His girlfriend fled the building and that is when the police became involved.
Neighbors knew Ishmael Mohammed or had often seen him, he lived in a building in the 100 block of Evergreen Street. Tuesday for some reason the man snapped.
“Before no, before he was a good guy,” commented one neighbor. “I don't know what happened today, he went crazy, crazy, crazy.”
“He was fine this morning until this happened,” added neighbor Antonio Waldo. “I saw the whole thing I saw everything. Yeah I was inside I heard the gunshots. I grew up in this neighborhood and I have never seen anything like this before.”
District Attorney Ed Marcico gave some answers at the Dauphin County Courthouse. The man appeared to be ready for a long stand off.
In the twenty years of the CERT team’s history, this is the first time officers have shot and killed an assailant.
The young girl who was held hostage is only two-years-old and that young girl and the disabled man in his 20s were in the room when Ishmael Mohammed was killed.
At this point the name of the officer who killed the assailant is being withheld and he is on administrative leave. However, to reiterate it does seem that this was a justified police shooting.
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Shots fired and another death in Harrisburg Monday afternoon, which is the first of the year.
It was a deadly end to a hostage situation that involved a child as a hostage for several hours on Derry Street Monday afternoon.
It happened near the intersection of Derry and Evergreen Streets.
It was a wild and scary scene when a man, who has now been shot and killed by police, held a child and a disabled man in his twenties hostage with a machete.
Neighbors knew or had often seen the man who was killed Monday, he was killed by police in the building he lived in the 100 block of Evergreen Street, on Monday for the dead man something snapped.
“Before no, before he was a good guy,” stated a neighbor. “I don't know what happened today, he went crazy, crazy, crazy.”
“He was fine this morning until this happened,” stated neighbor Antonio Waldo. “I saw the whole thing I saw everything. I was inside, I heard the gunshots. I grew up in this neighborhood and I have never seen anything like this before.”
District Attorney Ed Marcico held a press conference at the Dauphin County Courthouse at 430, we will let you know what he had to say.
It started as a domestic dispute and ending with police killing a machete-wielding man after a hostage standoff.
It happened in the 100 block of Evergreen Street.
29-year-old Ishmael Muhammad is dead Monday night after a dispute with his girlfriend became deadly.
At about 11:30 Monday morning, the girlfriend ran from the third floor apartment down about 100 feet to the house with the bay window. Muhammad followed, kicking in the door and about that time police arrived and Muhammad retreated back to the apartment and started to barricade himself in.
However, he was not there alone, as he had a two-year-old girl and a man with a mental disability in his twenties as hostages.
The CERT team arrived and snipers took up positions surrounding the building. Around 2:30, the suspect was dead when the team used lethal force to protect others.
Neighbors knew Ishmael Muhammad or had often seen him, but Monday for some reason the man snapped.
“Before no, before he was a good guy,” stated one neighbor. “I don't know what happened today, he went crazy, crazy, crazy.”
“He was fine this morning until this happened,” stated fellow neighbor Antonio Waldo
It was a wild scene with Muhammad breaking out the windows and waving a foot long Machete and making threats to not only to the police, but to the hostages as well.
“I saw the whole thing I saw everything,” Waldo continued. “Yeah I was inside I heard the gunshots. I grew up in this neighborhood and I have never seen anything like this before.”
While suspects have killed themselves, such as at the incident at Hall Manor last month or at Days Inn, in the twenty years of the Dauphin County CERT team’s history this is the first time officers have shot and killed an assailant.
“Preliminarily it appears that the officer’s actions, based on the evidence that we have at this time, were entirely appropriate and in fact may have very well saved the lives of the two individuals that were in that home including the two-year-old infant,” stated District Attorney Ed Marsico.
The young child and the disabled man were in the room when Ishmael Muhammad was killed.
They are both unharmed and recovering, as is the girlfriend.
Muhammad did have a number of previous arrests, most which were drug-related.
At this point the name of the officer who killed the assailant is being withheld and he is on administrative leave. To reiterate, it does seem that this was a justified police shooting.
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Shots fired and another death in Harrisburg this afternoon.
It was a deadly end to a hostage situation that involved a child as a hostage for several hours on Derry Street this afternoon.
It happened near the intersection of Derry and Evergreen Streets.
It was a wild and scary scene today when a man, who has now been shot and killed by the police, after he held a child and a disabled man in his 20s hostage with a machete.
We now know this started as a domestic dispute, between the dead man, a 29-year-old man named Ishmael Mohammed. His girlfriend fled the building and that is when the police became involved.
Neighbors knew Ishmael Mohammed or had often seen him, he lived in a building in the 100 block of Evergreen Street. Tuesday for some reason the man snapped.
“Before no, before he was a good guy,” commented one neighbor. “I don't know what happened today, he went crazy, crazy, crazy.”
“He was fine this morning until this happened,” added neighbor Antonio Waldo. “I saw the whole thing I saw everything. Yeah I was inside I heard the gunshots. I grew up in this neighborhood and I have never seen anything like this before.”
District Attorney Ed Marcico gave some answers at the Dauphin County Courthouse. The man appeared to be ready for a long stand off.
In the twenty years of the CERT team’s history, this is the first time officers have shot and killed an assailant.
The young girl who was held hostage is only two-years-old and that young girl and the disabled man in his 20s were in the room when Ishmael Mohammed was killed.
At this point the name of the officer who killed the assailant is being withheld and he is on administrative leave. However, to reiterate it does seem that this was a justified police shooting.
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Shots fired and another death in Harrisburg Monday afternoon, which is the first of the year.
It was a deadly end to a hostage situation that involved a child as a hostage for several hours on Derry Street Monday afternoon.
It happened near the intersection of Derry and Evergreen Streets.
It was a wild and scary scene when a man, who has now been shot and killed by police, held a child and a disabled man in his twenties hostage with a machete.
Neighbors knew or had often seen the man who was killed Monday, he was killed by police in the building he lived in the 100 block of Evergreen Street, on Monday for the dead man something snapped.
“Before no, before he was a good guy,” stated a neighbor. “I don't know what happened today, he went crazy, crazy, crazy.”
“He was fine this morning until this happened,” stated neighbor Antonio Waldo. “I saw the whole thing I saw everything. I was inside, I heard the gunshots. I grew up in this neighborhood and I have never seen anything like this before.”
District Attorney Ed Marcico held a press conference at the Dauphin County Courthouse at 430, we will let you know what he had to say.