Zachary Gula, 35, was found fatally shot in the front yard of a home on the 400 block of East Marble Street in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, July 13, 2025. First responders arrived mid-afternoon and found him face-down in the grass; the Cumberland County Coroner identified him and ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the chest. An obituary confirmed his age, residence and date of death.

Investigators reported finding another Mechanicsburg man, 35-year-old Richard Lee King Jr., sitting beside Gula’s body when officers arrived. King was taken into custody that day and charged with criminal homicide; a probable-cause affidavit cited in local reporting says King told police he had shot Gula and that the handgun was inside the house. Police said the two men knew each other. Because King worked for the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas, prosecutors disclosed a conflict of interest and referred the matter to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office.

A friend told reporters he had been on the phone with Gula minutes before the shooting, highlighting how sudden the violence was. If anyone knew Zachary Gula, his movements that afternoon, or witnessed anything on East Marble Street that day, please share information with the investigators handling the case.