Khadir Qur’an Duffin, a 21-year-old Black male from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, died on April 13, 2026, after a shooting on the 200 block of Herr Street in Harrisburg. Online reporting said he was mortally wounded around 5:45 p.m. after being shot in the chest. The Dauphin County Coroner’s Office identified him as the person who died, and the case was described as being under investigation.
The circumstances reported publicly were unusual and still not fully settled.
Preliminary information given to Dauphin County dispatch indicated that Duffin was cleaning guns when one of them discharged. Authorities had not made clear whose home he was in at the time, and the available online accounts did not provide a full reconstruction of what happened in the moments before the gun went off. What is known is that the incident happened in the early evening, that Duffin was struck in the chest, and that the wound proved fatal.
His death was also recorded by gun-violence memorial sources as a fatal shooting in Harrisburg on April 13, 2026. Funeral and memorial pages listed his life dates as March 24, 2005, to April 13, 2026, and remembered him by the name Khadir Qur’an Duffin. Separate memorial material described him as “KD,” someone known for his energy, humor, confidence, and devotion to family, especially his daughter. Those tributes framed his death not only as another fatal shooting, but as the sudden loss of a young father whose family and friends were trying to preserve his name and support the child he left behind.
As of the available online reporting, no arrest was publicly identified in connection with Duffin’s death. No suspect or suspects were named in the sources found, and no charges, trial dates, pleas, or convictions were reported. The most specific public account described the shooting as occurring while guns were being cleaned and said the matter remained under investigation, leaving unanswered questions about who was present, who handled the firearm, and whether authorities would ultimately treat the shooting as accidental, negligent, or criminal.
