‘Deadly weekend.’ Teen, man killed in Lancaster; 6 shootings in 8 days in city of 9,000
Two men, including a teen, were killed over the weekend in separate shootings in the city of Lancaster, police said.
Both cases are being investigated as homicides in what was described as a “deadly weekend” by Scott Grant, Lancaster Police Department chief.
The first shooting was around 4 p.m. Saturday on Dixon Road, said Kayla Vaughn, spokeswoman for the Lancaster Police Department. Officers found the man dead outside a home in the 300 block of the street, Vaughn said.
The victim was identified as Tony McGriff, 49, said Lancaster County Coroner Karla Knight-Deese.
On Sunday night, the teen, identified by the coroner as Tyreak Stevens, was found shot to death outside the Sycamore Run apartments on Miller Street, Vaughn said.
Police have not said if the shootings are related..
No arrests have been made in either case, Grant said.
The shootings are the sixth in a week in the city of about 9,000 people south of the North Carolina state line, according to officials.
Three non-fatal shootings were reported July 25-27.
On July 30, a man was found dead of a gunshot wound inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the police department in what the coroner said was a suicide.
“It is no secret that the city of Lancaster has experienced a sudden increase in shootings over the past few weeks,” Grant said Monday. “This weekend was especially deadly, with two persons losing their lives to needless violence.”
Grant urged anyone with information to contact police.
“Our success is always greatly enhanced when the public arms us with the knowledge necessary to effectively investigate matters such as these,” Grant said.
This story was originally published August 3, 2020 at 8:52 AM.
