Connor Mays

Connor Mays, a 16-year-old White male from York, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot on the afternoon of Sunday, February 19, 2023. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. inside a home on the 300 block of Third Street in the Village of Midway, a community within Conewago Township, Adams County.

According to the account a witness gave to police, he and Connor were in the home when Connor said he heard someone entering through a window. Connor went downstairs to investigate what was happening. The witness, another 16-year-old boy, followed shortly after and discovered a physical altercation already in progress between Connor and another man. The witness then saw the man pull out a handgun and fire multiple shots.

When a Conewago Township Police officer responded to the scene, the witness ran out and told him he needed help. The officer entered the residence and found Connor unresponsive on the floor just inside the door. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators from the Adams County District Attorney's office later said that Connor and the suspect knew each other and that there had been animosity between them leading up to the shooting.

Police identified the shooter as 21-year-old David C. Galemore of Hanover. He was taken into custody and initially charged with criminal homicide, and was held without bail in Adams County Prison. The case has since been resolved in court. Galemore pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to serve two to four years in a state prison.