On December 8, 2024, at about 8:30 p.m., Harrisburg police found 25-year-old Jhonny Torres in the roadway in the 300 block of Nectarine Street with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said Torres had been talking with 29-year-old Santiago Gutierrez when an argument broke out, Torres turned to walk away, and Gutierrez allegedly shot him and fled. A witness later positively identified Gutierrez as the shooter from a police photo, and an arrest warrant charged Gutierrez with murder and illegal possession of a firearm because he was not licensed to carry in Pennsylvania.

On December 10, police received a tip about Gutierrez’s whereabouts and pursued his vehicle south on Cameron Street. According to reports, Gutierrez began shooting at officers from his moving car; officers returned fire, and after the vehicle stopped drones were used to assess the scene. Officers pronounced Gutierrez dead at 12:42 p.m. The two deaths are part of a rise in Harrisburg homicides in 2024, with 22 reported so far compared with 13 at the same point last year.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Nectarine Street on December 8, please share what is known.