NEWS INFORMATION FROM

THE OFFICE OF MAYOR STEPHEN R. REED
City of Harrisburg
King City Government Center
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1678
Telephone: 717.255.3040

FOR IMMEDIATE USE
10 Nov 2006

SHOOTER IN CUSTODY, ONE INJURED BY GUNFIRE

Mayor Stephen R. Reed today reported that a York woman was shot once in the abdomen by accident at a home in the 2100 block of N. 4th Street, Harrisburg, at 10:05 p.m. last night.

She is identified as Chanel Danzey, 20, of the 100 block of Monroe Street, York. She and her boyfriend were in the boyfriend’s residence when the incident occurred.

The victim and the boyfriend, identified as Jamar Anderson, 23, both told arriving police that two black males had entered their apartment by way of the front door, demanded money, and that Anderson struggled with them, with Danzey getting shot in the process.

Investigation, forensic evidence and interrogation established this story was bogus. Anderson, who is on state parole, had two stolen firearms in his possession. He was showing one to the victim and he accidentally discharged it.

He is charged with Aggravated Assault, Recklessly Endangering, Receiving Stolen Property, Tampering with Evidence and firearms charges, and is presently lodged in Dauphin County Prison on a state parole detainer.

In an unrelated incident, police stopped a vehicle with three occupants at N. 2nd and Wiconisco Streets shortly after 10:00 p.m. after first investigating a report of shots fired in the 2600 block of N. 6th Street and the 600 block of Geiger Street. One of the occupants fled. The other two were held at the scene.

There were no reported injuries. Shell casings were found on Geiger Street and in the vehcile, a black Chevrolet Avalanche truck, belonging to Robert L. Greene, 28, of the 500 block of Good Hope Road, Mechanicsburg.

Greene and Rashad D. King, 21, of the 500 block of Schuylkill Street, Harrisburg, were both arrested at the vehicle stop and charged with Public Drunkenness. The investigation is continuing.

In the same 2100 block of N. 4th St., at 6:45 p.m. last night, police were called for an injured man. S. Craig Shreffler, 48, from Millersburg, was found bleeding from the head and ear and transported to an area hospital. A witness said he was assaulted, when exiting his vehicle, by a black male who robbed him of his MAC card and then fled from the scene on a bicycle, heading south to Maclay Street.