In the early hours of a Wednesday morning in York, Pennsylvania, the summer of 2019 was violently disrupted by a double shooting that claimed the life of 39-year-old Moses Coleman. The male victim was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 100 block of North Sherman Street and Gas Avenue and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries on July 31, 2019. Another man, identified as 41-year-old Elton Williams, was also found at the scene with critical injuries.
The incident was the fifth homicide in the city that year and marked the 30th shooting, causing a wave of concern among residents of the neighborhood who were asleep when the shots rang out just before 2 a.m. Investigators believed that both Coleman and Williams were targeted, though a motive for the shooting was not immediately clear. In the days following the shooting, police had not identified any suspects and no arrests had been made.
As the investigation continued, authorities noted the difficulty in finding witnesses due to the time of the shooting. While there was a person of interest, Khalic 'Buddah' Cross, believed to be connected to a string of other shootings in York during that same period, police did not have enough information to officially link him to the murder of Moses Coleman. The case, like a story with an unfinished chapter, left a community searching for answers and a family grieving their loss. To date, there have been no public announcements of any arrests or the naming of any definitive suspects in the death of Moses Coleman.
