CHAMBERSBURG, EARLY THIS MORNING. SARA REPORTS FROM THE SCENE. THIS IS WHERE THOSE DETECTIVES WERE FOR THIS MORNING’S INVESTIGATION. NEIGHBORS TELL ME IT IS THE FRONT OFFICE BUILDING. AND EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE JUST UP THE HILL BEHIND ME, THEY TELL ME THEY COULD STILL HEAR THIS MORNING’S COMMOTION. I WAS KIND OF REALLY SHOOK UP. IT REALLY SHOOK ME UP. YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO EMS SCANNERS, CREWS WERE CALLED OUT HERE AROUND 145 THIS MORNING. NANCY ATHERTON SAYS SHE JUST HAPPENED TO BE UP AT THE TIME WATCHING A MOVIE. I HEARD SIRENS AND EVERYTHING, AND I CAME OUTSIDE TO LOOK AND THERE WAS POLICE CARS EVERYWHERE DOWN THERE, AND THERE WAS AN AMBULANCE THERE. AND I HEARD A POOR LADY SCREAMING, AND IT JUST JUST BROKE MY HEART. SHE’S LIVED AT THE SUNSET COURT APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES FOR OVER A DECADE, AND SAYS SHE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE CRIME SCENE TAPE SURROUNDING THE FRONT PARKING LOT. NEWS 8 CREWS CAPTURED THE SPREAD OUT EVIDENCE MARKERS PLACED ALL OVER THE GROUND, AND TROOPERS FOCUSING ON THIS WHITE CAR. ATHERTON SAYS THEY WERE HERE FOR HOURS. THERE WAS A GOOD MANY. I’M NOT SURE HOW MANY, BUT YEAH, THEY THEY JUST TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO TURN AROUND. SO THE I WAS REALLY NERVOUS. WE ALSO SAW THE CORONER HERE THIS MORNING, AND I DID CALL HIS OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WHEN I DID, THEY REFERRED ME BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, WHO STILL HAVE NOT SAID EXACTLY WHAT KIND O
Two teens charged in connection with deadly shooting of 15-year-old in Franklin County, troopers say
Updated: 7:57 AM EST Feb 17, 2026
We now know two teens were charged in connection with the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Franklin County, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Troopers said the victim was shot in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Valley Pine Court in Greene Township around 1:44 a.m. on Monday. The scene is near the Sunset Court Apartments and Townhomes. According to police, a 15-year-old boy was shot multiple times. Despite life-saving efforts, the teen died from his injuries, officials said. His name has not yet been released. Officials were at the scene for an extended time investigating. More than a dozen crime scene markers were placed in the area. Two teens charged, police sayThrough investigation, troopers said two juveniles were charged in relation to the deadly shooting:15-year-old boy from Fulton County, Pennsylvania17-year-old boy from Berkley County, West Virginia WGAL was able to obtain court documents filed on Monday for Donyell Soper, 15, of McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, and Nathan Sanders, 17, of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Because Soper and Sanders are charged with criminal homicide, along with other related offenses, we are releasing their names. The incident remains under active investigation. No further information has been released at this time. Stay with WGAL for updates as we learn more. Video below: Troopers investigate the crime scene See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
GREENE TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
We now know two teens were charged in connection with the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Franklin County, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Troopers said the victim was shot in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Valley Pine Court in Greene Township around 1:44 a.m. on Monday. The scene is near the Sunset Court Apartments and Townhomes.
According to police, a 15-year-old boy was shot multiple times. Despite life-saving efforts, the teen died from his injuries, officials said. His name has not yet been released.
Officials were at the scene for an extended time investigating. More than a dozen crime scene markers were placed in the area.
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Two teens charged, police say
Through investigation, troopers said two juveniles were charged in relation to the deadly shooting:
15-year-old boy from Fulton County, Pennsylvania17-year-old boy from Berkley County, West Virginia
WGAL was able to obtain court documents filed on Monday for Donyell Soper, 15, of McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, and Nathan Sanders, 17, of Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Because Soper and Sanders are charged with criminal homicide, along with other related offenses, we are releasing their names.
The incident remains under active investigation. No further information has been released at this time.
Stay with WGAL for updates as we learn more.
Video below: Troopers investigate the crime scene
See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.