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Pregnant Shooting Victim identified

Harrisburg Police have identified the pregnant woman who was fatally shot on Monday evening near North 4th and Woodbine Streets. The victim has been named as 19-year-old Tyemeshia Miller. The unborn child, a boy, also did not survive.

The incident occurred around 5:45 p.m., with Miller being taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. The Dauphin County Coroner's Office reported that Miller was shot in the back and her death has been ruled a homicide. The cause of death for the unborn child was asphyxia due to his mother's death, also ruled as a homicide.

Harrisburg Police Commissioner Tom Carter stated that the shooter fired multiple shots into a crowd of people, hitting Miller. It is currently unclear whether there was one or multiple shooters or how many shots were fired.

"It seems very mundane or very easy or very simple or a robotic gesture for me to say that it's a tragedy," Carter said. "I am so sick and tired of saying that it's a tragedy. Yes, it's a tragedy, but how are we going to stop this?"

Harrisburg Police Lt. Kyle Gautsch mentioned that while the investigation is in its early stages, there is no evidence to suggest Miller was the intended target. The Dauphin County District Attorney's Office is treating the shooting as a double homicide.


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