Arrest Made After Shooting at McDonald’s Parking Lot in Lower Paxton
A juvenile narrowly avoided injury after a single shot was fired into their car at the McDonald’s parking lot on Sept. 29; a warrant named Azhan Nadeem as the suspect and he was arrested in Baltimore the next day.
On September 29 at about 7:10 p.m., Lower Paxton Police responded to a report that a male acquaintance fired one shot into a juvenile victim’s vehicle in the McDonald’s parking lot on Briarsdale Road, narrowly missing the victim. A warrant charging Azhan Nadeem of Mechanicsburg with Criminal Attempted Homicide, carrying a firearm without a license, and Recklessly Endangering Another Person was issued; Nadeem was arrested in Baltimore City on September 30, 2026, and is awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania. Anyone with information or who witnessed the incident should contact the Lower Paxton Bureau of Police at 717-558-6900 or submit a tip through CrimeWatch referencing LP-26-018623.