U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Arrests Harrisburg Homicide Suspect from June 2021 Shooting that Killed a Mother and Wounded Her Child

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Harrisburg, PA – Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane
announced the arrest of Deron Derekem Scott, a 21-year-old Harrisburg
man.On June 28, 2021, the Harrisburg Bureau of Police
investigated a shooting in the 1400 block of Berryhill Street that
resulted in the death of a woman and serious injury to her six-year-old
child. On December 20, 2021, detectives obtained an arrest warrant
charging Scott with homicide, aggravated assault, firearms violations,
and lesser included offenses. Attempts to find Scott were unsuccessful
and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Fugitive Task Force was asked to
apprehend him. Today at about 3:20 p.m., the task force arrested
Scott without incident in the 200 block of Ridge Street, Steelton,
Dauphin County. He was turned over to Harrisburg police for processing
and arraignment.United States Marshal Pane stated, “The U.S.
Marshals Service is the nation’s primary fugitive investigative agency
and arrests more than 4,000 alleged murderers each year. We add Scott’s
name to that list and by doing so we are making our communities safer.”The USMS Fugitive Task Force in the Middle District of Pennsylvania
is comprised of 22 state, county, and local police agencies; including
the Harrisburg Bureau of Police, the Pennsylvania State Police, the
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, the Dauphin County Adult
Probation Office, the Swatara Township Police Department, the Derry
Township Police Department, and the Lower Paxton Township Police
Department – all of whom participated in this investigation.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.

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