A U.S. Deputy Marshal was killed during a January 18, 2018 warrant service in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Deputies and local officers were serving an arrest warrant at a home in the 1800 block of Mulberry Street for Shayla Lynette Towles Pierce. While officers were taking Pierce into custody on the first floor, 31-year-old Kevin Sturgis opened fire from the second floor. The exchange of gunfire wounded Marshal Christopher David Hill, 45, an 11-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service, and York City Police Officer Kyle Pitts. Hill was taken to a hospital and died of his wounds after being struck by a round that passed through a wall.

Sturgis, who had active warrants in Philadelphia, fled and fired at officers outside and was shot and killed at the scene after officers returned fire. Pierce was arrested. The Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office later concluded officers were justified in using deadly force and found Sturgis responsible for setting in motion the deadly exchange. Hill, a U.S. Army veteran, was survived by his wife and two children.

If anyone has information about the events at that home or knew Marshal Hill, please share what you know.