The gun that a 22-year-old man was carrying during a January 2024 arrest was a match for the one used to kill an 18-year-old in Harrisburg 22 days prior, police said in court documents.

Pennsylvania State Police arrested James Scott, 22, on Jan. 11, 2024, on 15 charges, including firearms offenses and fleeing or attempting to elude an officer.

Ballistics testing showed the semi-automatic gun he had on him during his arrest, which didn’t have a serial number, matched shell casings found at the scene of the Dec. 20, 2023, shooting on Ella Alley that killed Amari McFadden-Sowers , 18, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed Wednesday.

McFadden-Sowers’ mom, Marilyn McFadden, said he was shot nine times. In court documents, police said 11 of the shell casings found around his b

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