Husband Charged With Murdering Wife After Christmas Eve Fight
Murder
Christopher Colbert called his father after the shooting and told him his wife Tamara had shot herself.
Murder
December 29, 2022
Woman Found Dead in Secluded City Park
Investigators in Pennsylvania’s capital are looking for a person of interest in the murder of a woman found dead last week in a city park along the Susquehanna River. Police have not released the name of the woman, who died of “traumatic injuries” and was found shortly before noon on December 22 in Harrisburg’s Sunken …
Murder
December 19, 2022
Toddler Triplets Found Safe After Father Kills Their Mom, Self
A set of Pennsylvania triplets has been found safe after their father shot and killed their mother and later killed himself. Authorities said the 39-year-old mother was found dead in northwestern Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane neighborhood on Sunday night, WTXF reported. Hours later, they released an alert about the triplets, who were missing. The mother, …
Shooting
December 16, 2022
Disgruntled Ex-Boyfriend Wounds 2, Kills Himself in Attempted Murder-Suicide
A Pennsylvania man already on police radar for domestic violence shot his ex-girlfriend and a man who tried to intervene Thursday morning before turning the gun on himself. Stacie Vereen and Travis Ritter, who tried to disarm the gunman, were taken to Reading Hospital for treatment, but Vereen was transferred to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center …
Shooting
December 4, 2022
Woman in Critical Condition After Being Shot Early Sunday Morning
A 41-year-old woman was shot while sitting in a car early Sunday morning in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood. Police found the woman lying in the street when they responded at about 5 a.m., WTXF reported. She was shot three times in the neck and should and was transported to a hospital in critical condition. No …
Rape
December 1, 2022
Teen Firefighter Accuses Senior Firefighter of Sexual Assault IN THE FIREHOUSE
Two members of a Pennsylvania fire company have been suspended after a teenage firefighter told police they had been sexually assaulted by a senior member of the company. Police sources told KYW that the accuser reported the alleged assault to a high-level member of the Folcroft Fire Company but the person did not call law …
Cold Cases
December 1, 2022
65-Year-Old Mystery Solved: Police Say They Have Identified ‘The Boy in the Box’
Philadelphia police have solved at least one part of a 65-year-old mystery — they have identified a young boy found dead and stuffed into a box in the city in 1957. Investigators used DNA and intricate genealogical sleuthing to uncover the boy’s name, KYW reports, and criminal charges may be filed in his death. Philadelphia …
Murder
November 27, 2022
Teen Confesses to Murder Over Instagram Chat: Cops
A 16-year-old Pennsylvania boy has been charged with murder after he allegedly confessed during an Instagram video chat to a friend. The Bensalem Police Department said it received a call Friday afternoon from a woman who said Joshua Cooper had engaged her daughter in a video chat, telling her that he’d just killed someone. Cooper …
Shooting
November 17, 2022
Boy, 16, ‘Unintentionally’ Shoots 14-Year-Old Girlfriend in the Head With Shotgun
A 16-year-old Pennsylvania boy, already charged with aggravated assault in the shooting death last month of his 8th-grader girlfriend, has now been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Erie police say Riley R. Shearer “unintentionally” killed 15-year-old Audrey Maria Kellogg but acted with recklessness or gross negligence, according to the Erie Times-News. Kellogg died from a gunshot …
Robbery
November 13, 2022
11 Temple University Students Robbed at Gunpoint in Off-Campus Apartment
Eleven Temple University students were robbed at gunpoint early Friday morning at an off-campus apartment in Philadelphia. Police said they were called to the building at about 7 a.m., where they learned that the six women residents of the apartment were joined by three of their boyfriends and two more women were were sleeping over. …
Police
November 11, 2022
Ex-Cops Take Plea Deal in Shooting That Killed 8-Year-Old Girl
Three ex-Pennsylvania police officers pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 counts each of reckless endangerment in a shooting that left an 8-year-old girl dead. Sean Dolan, 26; Devon Smith, 35; and Brian Devaney, 42, took a plea deal that saw charges of manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter dismissed, NBC News reported. Prosecutors said the deal was reached …
Shooting
November 6, 2022
Pennsy Man Murders Wife, Sister, and Friend Before Dying in Shootout With State Police
A Pennsylvania man shot and killed three people Saturday morning before he was killed in a shootout with state troopers. Lycoming County officials said that Brian Taylor, 54, killed his wife, 60-year-old Linda Taylor, during a domestic altercation at their home, then fled along Route 118 toward his sister’s house nearby, shooting a passing truck …