PENBROOK, Pa. – A teenage boy died following a shooting at a home Thursday, but a man arrested in connection with the incident was not the person who shot him, law enforcement sources confirmed to FOX43.
Instead, Davaughn Jackson, 19, of Penbrook, was awaiting arraignment late Thursday on robbery, burglary and conspiracy charges. A Penbrook Police Department news release did not clarify what role Jackson allegedly played in the incident, but sources confirmed to FOX43’s Felix Rodrigues Lima that Jackson was not the shooter.
The shooting happened around 11:50 a.m. Thursday at the home on the 2500 block of Walnut Street. The shooter, a male, has been questioned by Penbrook police, who would not say whether the man is in custody.
Police have said very little about the circumstances surrounding the shooting, stating they are investigating several potential scenarios.
“We’re investigating all the options right now,” Penbrook police Chief David Hiester said. “We’re just not in a position to be able to give you with any degree of confidence or certainty whether any of those things were true or not.”
Police would not say if the shooter was a resident in the home, only saying he was associated with the home. They would also not comment on how the boy entered the home.
When asked about signs of forced entry, Hiester said “there are some indications it appears there may have been some damage to the house.”
Nevertheless, some neighbors expressed shock upon hearing about the deadly shooting.
“I moved from Harrisburg to get away from any kind of violence or any kind of violent activity, so it’s very surprising,” neighbor Audrey McLaughlin said.
Others suggested it may be a symptom of a bigger problem: a neighborhood that is gradually getting worse, citing a robbery last week at a convenience store across the street from the scene of Thursday’s shooting.
“You see a lot of people that are bad news, more or less, and you can only do so much, so it is upsetting for it to be so close to home,” Paula Grunden, a neighbor, said.
