On the morning of November 25, 2017, 18-year-old Jashun Patton, a Black male from Philadelphia, was found inside a home on the 1800 block of State Street in Harrisburg with multiple gunshot wounds. Police were called for a man down; Patton was pronounced dead at the scene and his death was ruled a homicide.

Jashun was a student and defensive back for Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia Charter School. He had been visiting his sister in Harrisburg for the Thanksgiving weekend to celebrate recent college acceptances when the shooting occurred during a gathering inside the residence.

Police identified Derrick Lorenzo Butler as the person who shot Patton, and an arrest warrant charging Butler with murder and illegal possession of a firearm was issued; authorities reported Butler had fled the Harrisburg area. The killing left family and community members mourning a young man described as promising and athletic.

If anyone attended that gathering or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.