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York City police renew probe into 2017 killing of 21-year-old Jose Ponte
Summary
York City Police Department’s Remember Me Project revisited the unsolved Oct. 31, 2017, homicide of 21-year-old Jose Ponte. Detectives said a video shows the shooting, Detective Shawn Wilson was named lead investigator, and outreach staff urged witnesses to contact police.
Commissioner Maldro, commissioner of the York City Police Department, opened the episode of the department’s Remember Me Project by saying the program aims to bring renewed attention to cold-case homicides and to solicit information from the public.
Detective Shawn Wilson, whom department leaders named the new lead investigator on the case, said officers were dispatched about 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2017, to the 300 block of East Market Street for what was initially reported as a cardiac arrest. “Officers responded on scene and they tended to the victim, Jose Ponte, and they noticed while rendering aid that he had sustained two gunshot wounds to…
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