Maryland man found guilty of shooting, killing victim along Lancaster County highway in 2023

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A Maryland man was found guilty of shooting and killing a victim along a Lancaster County highway in 2023.

According to the Office of Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams, Kevin Shareed Harmon, 38, was found guilty of third-degree murder, theft by unlawful taking and firearms not to be carried without a license. Those charges stemmed from the death of 54-year-old Miguel Vazquez-Ruiz, of Baltimore, near the southbound shoulder of State Route 222 in Brecknock Township on April 23, 2023.

The Office of the DA said Harmon shot Vazquez-Ruiz five times and took more than $2,000 from his body, which he left lying next to the road. State Police discovered the body hours later, and a resident who lives half a mile from where police found Vazquez-Ruiz’s body claimed to have heard multiple gunshots just after 2 a.m…

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