On June 24, 2023, at about 3:30 a.m., Harrisburg police responded to reports of gunfire near the 200 block of South 19th Street and found 20-year-old Cleo Richard Stubbs of Steelton with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso. He was taken to Holy Spirit Hospital, where he died of those injuries.

Investigators say a verbal altercation had taken place earlier at a residence on South 19th Street; both Stubbs and 41-year-old Harrisburg resident Renard Bowles were asked to leave. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots shortly after both men departed, and one witness said they saw Bowles standing over the wounded Stubbs holding a firearm. An associate later told police Bowles had confessed to the shooting. An arrest warrant was issued and Bowles surrendered to authorities on July 7, 2023; he was charged with murder and possession of a prohibited firearm and held without bail.

Stubbs’ family, including his grandmother Reverend Joann D. Ramsey-Powell, remembered him as kind and generous who enjoyed helping neighbors and spending time with loved ones. Does anyone have information about the events on South 19th Street that night?