Michael Burch, 23, was walking with a friend on the first block of East Penn Street in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on June 21, 2018, when a sport utility vehicle pulled up and gunfire erupted from the driver’s side around 3:45 p.m. About seven shots were fired; Burch collapsed and died at the scene while his companion was not injured. Witnesses reported two suspects fleeing in a maroon or red SUV; police recovered a rental SUV near Lincoln Avenue and traced it through surveillance, vehicle evidence, and phone-location records.

Investigators focused on Craig Ryan Hines Jr., who was arrested August 31, 2018, and charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and firearms offenses. Evidence at trial included the recovered SUV with bullet casings and paperwork bearing Hines’s name, surveillance footage, phones that moved together near the shooting, and witness identifications; defense testimony and texts from Burch’s phone suggesting possible drug-related interactions were limited by the court but still reached the jury. On June 18, 2021, a jury convicted Hines of first-degree murder and related charges and returned a life-without-parole sentence, which was affirmed on appeal in January 2024.

Does anyone have further information about Michael Burch’s life in Carlisle or about the area around East Penn Street on that afternoon?