Mayor says Steelton must ‘do better’ following recent shootings, deadly car crashes

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Steelton Borough Mayor Ciera Dent is calling on the community to “do better” following recent instances of violence.

The mayor made the statement Tuesday on Facebook, two days after she issued an emergency declaration to close the Soul Lounge on North Front Street following a shooting early Sunday morning.

“We’ve had five shootings. Two fatal car accidents. Families are burying loved ones. Kids are growing up around gunfire and grief. And too many people are pretending like this is normal,” Dent wrote. “It’s not.”…

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