UPDATE:
Harrisburg Police are investigating the shooting of two people in Harrisburg early Sunday morning. Both were taken to Hershey Medical Center for treatment.
The men were sitting on a brick wall in the 400 block of North Second Street near State Street as the bars let out around 2 a.m. There were hundreds of people in the area, according to the victims.
Police believe that either a burgundy Chevrolet car or a white Hummer fired the shots, or possibly both.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Harrisburg Police.
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Two men are recovering in a Harrisburg hospital after being shot near a bar on restaurant row. It happened outside of "The Quarter" on 2nd Street, near State Street. One was shot in the shoulder, the other, in the leg.
The crowds get crazy out here around bar closing time, making it tougher for police and more dangerous for everybody else.
The website www.spotcrime.com shows there have been 67 shootings in Harrisburg since the beginning of the year. Compare that to the same time last year, when there were 54.
David Deiho, Harrisburg Resident:
"This city, in the last 10 years, is getting progressively worse due to outsiders from Jersey, Philly, people moving in. It's getting out of control and something needs to be done."
The shootings are so frequent that back in April, it wasn't hard for CBS 21 News to catch them on camera.
The latest one in Harrisburg wounded two men.
Michael Bitler, Witness:
"I was like why do they have blocked off up there? So when I turned and looked this way, that's when I saw like 20 cop cars up there."
Police say the shooting happened just after Restaurant Row bars closed early Sunday morning, right outside of "The Quarter" on 2nd Street, near State Street.
Captain Annette Oates, Harrisburg Police:
"With the bar closing and of course every body is out in the streets, that presents a very dangerous situation."
As police search for suspects, people who live here say they have no choice but to always be on alert.
Bitler:
"It's kind of scary. Definitely kind of scary I mean, I walk around here all the time. I'm not trying to get a stray bullet shot at me over who knows what took place."
Harrisburg Police are investigating the shooting of two people in Harrisburg early Sunday morning. Both were taken to Hershey Medical Center for treatment.
The men were sitting on a brick wall in the 400 block of North Second Street near State Street as the bars let out around 2 a.m. There were hundreds of people in the area, according to the victims.
Police believe that either a burgundy Chevrolet car or a white Hummer fired the shots, or possibly both.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Harrisburg Police.
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Two men are recovering in a Harrisburg hospital after being shot near a bar on restaurant row. It happened outside of "The Quarter" on 2nd Street, near State Street. One was shot in the shoulder, the other, in the leg.
The crowds get crazy out here around bar closing time, making it tougher for police and more dangerous for everybody else.
The website www.spotcrime.com shows there have been 67 shootings in Harrisburg since the beginning of the year. Compare that to the same time last year, when there were 54.
David Deiho, Harrisburg Resident:
"This city, in the last 10 years, is getting progressively worse due to outsiders from Jersey, Philly, people moving in. It's getting out of control and something needs to be done."
The shootings are so frequent that back in April, it wasn't hard for CBS 21 News to catch them on camera.
The latest one in Harrisburg wounded two men.
Michael Bitler, Witness:
"I was like why do they have blocked off up there? So when I turned and looked this way, that's when I saw like 20 cop cars up there."
Police say the shooting happened just after Restaurant Row bars closed early Sunday morning, right outside of "The Quarter" on 2nd Street, near State Street.
Captain Annette Oates, Harrisburg Police:
"With the bar closing and of course every body is out in the streets, that presents a very dangerous situation."
As police search for suspects, people who live here say they have no choice but to always be on alert.
Bitler:
"It's kind of scary. Definitely kind of scary I mean, I walk around here all the time. I'm not trying to get a stray bullet shot at me over who knows what took place."