PA SHOOTINGS

Breaking news and information on shootings in Central Pennsylvania

Former state Constable Aaron Nigro is being sued by a Perry County man who claims Nigro shot at his truck without justification. In the Cumberland County Court suit, Nathaniel Michael of New Bloomfield contends that Nigro shot at him in March 2008 as he drove away after Nigro accused him of being drunk. Michael wasn't hurt and court records... Full story »

House was owned by Hain's husband, who killed her before killing himself Full story »

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State University says an employee shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally shot himself. University Police Chief Paul Denton identified the suspect as 51-year-old Nathanial Brown, a custodial employee. Denton says Brown recently received a poor performance evaluation, but he declined to say if that was a... Full story »

CARNEGIE, Pa. — Police say a suburban Pittsburgh man shot his mother because she hadn’t made him dinner when he returned from a night of drinking.      Forty-six-year-old Joseph Janscar, of Collier Township, remained in the Allegheny County Jail Wednesday. He’s charged with aggravated assault, attempted homicide and reckless endangerment in the shooting shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday.    ... Full story »

A Harrisburg teenager lied when he reported he'd been shot in the leg Tuesday morning while he walked on Oxford Street in the city, police said. Police believe the shooting was accidental or self-inflicted. Full story »

Meleanie Hain, a gun-rights advocate, was shot to death by her husband Oct. 7 while she was talking to a friend on a webcam in their home. Her husband then shot and killed himself. Meleanie Hain drew notice of gun rights advocates in 2008 after openly wearing her gun to her daughter’s soccer game in Lebanon, which drew criticism from some... Full story »

LITTLETON, Colo. — A teacher tackled a man armed with a high-powered rifle just after two teenage students were shot Tuesday at a suburban Denver middle school that's just miles from Columbine High School, the site of one of the nation's deadliest school shootings, authorities said. One male and one female were shot at about 3:30 p.m. outside Deer Creek... Full story »

Boy was shot in the leg Tuesday morning as he walked to a store, police said Full story »

State police say a pair of Shermans Dale teens are responsible for shooting out about $6,400 worth of lights in Perry County in the past month. Schuyler Sutton, 18, and Scott Bear, 19, were charged with criminal mischief. They were taken into custody late Thursday at West Perry High School in Spring Township after a witness identified their vehicle, police... Full story »

A North Londonderry Township woman shot her boyfriend and then herself sometime last weekend, but the motive is unknown, police say. Bonnie Furbush, 35, and Brian Belair, 39, were found shot to death inside a home in the first block of Palmyra-Bellegrove Road at 12:30 p.m. Monday by a member of Belair’s family, police said. A small-caliber handgun was... Full story »

Authorities are calling it a murder-suicide Full story »

It took a Dauphin County jury less than 20 minutes Friday evening to convict a Harrisburg man of first-degree murder in last year’s slaying of Robert Payne.    Tyrone V. Porter, 22, was sentenced to life in prison for the Jan. 24, 2009 shooting death — the first of 17 homicides in Harrisburg last year. Payne, 32, of uptown Harrisburg,... Full story »

Shots were fired yesterday afternoon near South 14th and Swatara streets Full story »

The evidence will prove Tyrone V. Porter fired the shot that killed Harrisburg's first homicide victim of 2009, Dauphin County Deputy District Attorney Johnny Baer told a jury this afternoon. Porter, 22, is on trial for homicide and aggravated assault in the Jan. 24, 2009, shooting death of Robert Payne, who was the first of 17 people killed in the city... Full story »

Tyrone V. Porter, who’s accused in the Jan. 24, 2009, shooting death of Robert Payne. Payne, 32, of the 2400 block of North Fourth Street, was shot to death in the 2200 block of Thompson Street sometime after an argument outside a bar in the 2300 block of Derry Street, police said. Porter, 22, of the 2400 block of... Full story »