Erick J. Boone, 27, was arrested Tuesday afternoon in connection with the fatal shooting of Marcus D. Stultz, 26, on April 17 in Harrisburg’s Allison Hill neighborhood.
Boone and Stultz are charged with murder and robbery. Stultz is also charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and murder, and Boone is facing two firearms offenses, for being a convicted felon who is barred from carrying guns.
A surveillance footage showed Brown inside the USA Fried Chicken restaurant on the 1200 block of Derry Street around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday April 17 — about 15 minutes before he was killed — when Boone and Stultz punched, kicked and robbed him.
Brown fell to the ground and stopped moving, but stood up after the beating, stumbling and appearing disoriented. He left the restaurant on his own and walked toward Evergreen and Thompson streets.
The surveillance footage showed Boone and Stultz left USA Fried Chicken and also walked toward Evergreen Street. When they approached the area of Derry and Evergreen streets, they started running and turned onto the 100 block of Evergreen, according to the affidavit, where the victim was later found dead.
Boone had been out of jail for one day before the fatal shooting, according to court records. He was arrested on April 16 on charges of strangulation, aggravated assault and harassment, in connection to an incident that Lower Allen Township police say happened in March.
Court records show Boone had been out of state prison for less than two months before the domestic violence incident. He was released after serving a full sentence for robbery and aggravated assault in Dauphin County because of repeated parole violations.
Stultz had been out of prison for about eight months before the killing. He was sentenced to 3–10 years in prison in 2020 for shooting a man in the abdomen during a robbery in Harrisburg earlier that year.
Anyone with information on Boone’s whereabouts can call Harrisburg police at 717-558-6900, or submit a tip through CrimeWatch.
