York police investigating city’s first homicide since 2022 after Saturday night shooting
York police are investigating a homicide after Saturday night shooting.
The homicide is the first one in the city of York since 2022, according to police.
The York County Coroner’s Office identified the victim just before noon Monday at Jai’Shaun Young, 21, of Gastonia, North Carolina. Autopsy and toxicology reports should be completed this week, according to a release from the coroner’s office.
Police received a call about shots fired a little after 9:30 p.m. Officers responded to an address at the 200 block of Galilean Road, according to police.
They found the man with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene by medical responders, according to police.
No charges have been filed and no police report is available, as of about 11:15 a.m. Monday when the police department issued a news release.
Police ask anyone with information about the incident to call Crime Stoppers of York County at 877-409-4321 or visit crimestoppersofyorkcounty.com.
Homicides rare in York
The incident Saturday night is unusual for the city of about 8,600 people in western York County.
FBI online data show reported crimes there since 1985. There have been two homicides reported in York since 2017.
After 17 reported homicides from 1985 to 1995 (including five in 1990 alone), the city dropped to just 11 homicides in the past 28 years, according to FBI data. There haven’t been more than two in any year since 1994. Only three times in that span has the city had more than one homicide in a year.
For all violent crimes, the city hasn’t had 100 or more reports in a year since 2008. The city averages 60-80 such reports a year, since 2012.
This is a developing story
This story was originally published May 6, 2024 at 12:21 PM with the headline "York police investigating city’s first homicide since 2022 after Saturday night shooting."
