Huntingdon Man ID'd As Harrisburg Homicide Victim, Officials Say (UPDATE)

The victim of a homicide investigation was identified on Friday, April 19.

Fingerprints helped authorities identify Dewayne Brown, 43 of Huntingdon, as the shot Black man officers found when responding to a call of "shots fired with a person struck" in the area of Evergreen and Thompson streets, authorities told Daily Voice.

Officers found Brown shot dead around 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17.

On Friday, the Dauphin County Coroner said Brown's cause of death was gunshot wounds to the body and the manner was homicide.

"An investigation was immediately initiated and is ongoing at this time," the police said.

A reward of an unknown amount may be available through CrimeStoppers for information leading to an arrest.

Anyone with information on this fatal shooting is asked to contact the Harrisburg Police, at 717-558-6900.