On the evening of August 16, 2017, 20-year-old Dion Walker, a Black man from Harrisburg, was found by police inside his vehicle after it had struck a pole on North 69th Street. He was bleeding from a gunshot wound to his side, taken to Hershey Medical Center, and died from his injuries. Witnesses heard gunfire and saw two males flee the scene into a nearby residential area.

Swatara Township Police located four people at a Huntingdon Street home and took them into custody. Investigators say a 14-year-old girl, Chiara Snyder-Harvey, arranged to buy an ounce of marijuana from Walker for $230, but she and two companions, 18-year-old Demetrius Aquino and 16-year-old Ricardo McClure, intended to steal the drugs. Police report Aquino entered Walker’s vehicle and a struggle over a gun followed; McClure told investigators Aquino shot Walker, while Aquino said the gun just went off during a wrestle. A loaded gun was later recovered hidden under a bed at the Huntingdon Street residence.

Aquino, McClure, and Snyder-Harvey were arrested and charged by the Dauphin County District Attorney’s office with homicide, robbery, and conspiracy; McClure and Snyder-Harvey were charged as adults. Does anyone have information about Walker’s movements that night or who might have seen the vehicle before the shooting?