On July 5, 2024, at about 1:30 a.m., police responding to multiple gunshots in the 1100 block of North 3rd Street found 20-year-old Azar Hughes of Steelton suffering from gunshot wounds near the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center. Emergency aid was provided but Hughes died at the scene. An autopsy by the Dauphin County Coroner’s Office on July 9, 2024, confirmed gunshot wounds as the cause of death and officially ruled the death a homicide.

Hughes was the third son Cheryl Hughes lost to gun violence in Harrisburg; her sons Charles L. Tate III and Malik Mundy were fatally shot in 2014 and 2015. No arrests have been announced and the Harrisburg Bureau of Police is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact the bureau at 717-558-6900.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that might help investigators?