Keshia M. Gonzalez, a 37-year-old woman, was killed in a domestic-related shooting in Manheim Borough, Pennsylvania, after a quiet Monday morning turned into a homicide investigation on the first block of North Main Street. Although some memorial information lists her death as May 29, 2026, online news reports and law-enforcement-based accounts describe the fatal shooting as happening around 7:31 a.m. on Monday, June 1, 2026, at an apartment in Manheim Borough. Officers responded after reports of multiple gunshots and a woman yelling for help. When police arrived, Gonzalez had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation quickly focused on Michael Anthony Boccia, 36, of York, Pennsylvania. Authorities described the shooting as domestic-related, and Boccia was first identified as a person of interest before an active arrest warrant was issued. He was believed to have fled the area in a maroon or red 2013 Toyota Avalon with tinted windows and Pennsylvania registration MWE1562. Officials warned the public that he may have been armed and dangerous and told anyone who saw him not to approach him, but to call 911 immediately.
As detectives pieced together what happened, witnesses and family members reportedly told investigators that Boccia had contacted several people after the shooting and said he had "done something bad." Reports also said surveillance footage and witness statements became important parts of the case. Boccia was charged Monday night with criminal homicide and other offenses connected to Gonzalez's death, including firearms not to be carried without a license, simple assault, and possession of a prohibited firearm. Before he could be arrested, however, the case shifted from a manhunt in Pennsylvania to a death investigation in Alabama.
Later that night, around 11 p.m., Boccia called the Manheim Borough Police Department and threatened to kill himself. Investigators determined he was in Cullman, Alabama, about 45 miles north of Birmingham. Police in Pennsylvania tried to keep him on the phone while contacting Alabama authorities. When officers in Alabama approached his vehicle, they found him dead from what officials described as an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation was asked to conduct an independent investigation into his death, and an autopsy was ordered.
Because Boccia died before he could be taken into custody, there was no trial or conviction in Gonzalez's killing. The criminal case effectively ended with the death of the accused suspect, though Lancaster County detectives and Manheim Borough police continued investigating the homicide. Reports also noted that Boccia had a prior history of domestic-violence-related convictions, including unlawful restraint from a September 2014 incident and stalking from a November 2014 incident.
After Gonzalez's death, those who knew her described the loss as devastating. Community reports said she was a mother of two, and a fundraiser was started to help her family with funeral arrangements and support for her children. Her coworkers in East Petersburg also mourned her death, describing shock and grief after learning she had been killed. The case left Manheim Borough shaken, not only because of the violence itself but because it unfolded as a domestic shooting in a small community where such killings are rare.
