Eighteen-year-old Kyler Waiwada was shot and killed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on the evening of August 30, 2019. Police responded about 8:15 p.m. to reports of gunfire in the 1800 block of State Street and found Waiwada at the rear of a residence with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Dauphin County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.

Investigators say the meeting that led to the shooting was arranged to purchase cannabis and turned violent. Authorities identified two suspects, Deion Parson and Adante Smith, and both were arrested on charges that included first- and second-degree murder, robbery, and conspiracy. Court testimony and later proceedings stated that Smith shot Waiwada multiple times at close range and confessed to being present at the scene; a jury convicted Smith of first-degree murder, robbery, and conspiracy and imposed life without parole.

If anyone has information about the shooting, the people involved, or the circumstances that night, please share what is known.