Philadelphia police are looking for two suspects in a shooting that critically injured a driver stopped at a traffic light in the North Philly neighborhood of East Oak Lane. The 31-year-old driver had a dashcam running during the incident, capturing the passenger in a Nissan Murano stopped in front of him get out of the …
A 28-year-old woman was arrested for a pair of apparently random stabbings in downtown Philadelphia on Saturday. Takeira Hester has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and other offenses, WTXF reported. Police say she is also wanted in New York City for an aggravated assault just days earlier. The first attack took place at …
A Pennsylvania jury took less than an hour Thursday to return guilty verdicts for a man and a woman charged in the murder of a school teacher and mom shot dead in her car in a Dunkin’ drive-thru with her 11-year-old son in the back seat. Rachel King, 35, was taking her son to violin …
Philadelphia Police have arrested a fifth suspect in the bus stop shooting earlier this month that wounded eight high school students and charged one of the other suspects with murder in a separate shooting in February. Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore said the latest arrest is a 15-year-old boy who was inside a Dunkin’ by …
The fourth suspect in a shooting at a Philadelphia bus stop earlier this month was arrested Tuesday in Virginia. Eight high school students were wounded in the shooting on March 6. Police said one of them, shot nine times, was the intended target and was hospitalized in critical condition, as CrimeOnline reported. Investigators from the …
After the discovery of a child’s body in a duffle bag in an empty lot in West Philadelphia on Monday, police are working to determine if the decomposing remains belong to a 4-year-old boy who disappeared in December. Damari Carter’s mother, 28-year-old Dominique Bailey, and her boyfriend, 30-year-old Kevin Spencer, were charged with multiple counts, …
City workers in Philadelphia found a small child dead inside a duffle bag while cleaning a lot Monday morning. Philadelphia Police Inspector Kpana Massaquoi told WPVI the child appeared to be between the ages of 2 and 4. The discovery was made shortly before 10 a.m. in the city’s Mantua neighborhood. A woman said she …
Philadelphia police have now arrested three suspects in last week’s bus stop shooting that left eight high school students wounded. Authorities announced on Monday they had arrested Jamaal Tucker and Ahnile Buggs, both 18, charging them with attempted murder, aggravated assault, weapons offenses, and other charges, WPVI reported. They are being held on more than …
Eight Philadelphia high school students were shot at a transit bus stop in the city’s northeast. Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said three gunmen got out of a vehicle near a Dunkin’ store and opened fire as students from Northeast High School were waiting for a bus, WPVI reported. A 16-year-old boy was shot nine times …
Two teenage Philadelphia boys have been charged as adults for their involvement in a shooting that left 16-year-old boy critically wounded with a gunshot to the head. The two boys, 17 and 16, face a number of charges that could be upgraded if their victim dies. The shooting took place Thursday night on a transit …
The body of a 31-year-old man was found wrapped in a tarp in the back of his Jeep Grand Cherokee Sunday afternoon. Police have not released the man’s identity but said they were investigating the discovery as a homicide, WPVI reported. The discovery was made in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood, a residential area with an …
Philadelphia police are investigating as suspicious the death of a 66-year-old American Airlines flight attendant who was found dead in her hotel room with “a cloth in her mouth.” The woman was found dead at the Marriott Philadelphia Airport at about 10:40 p.m. on Monday, WCAU reported. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told the …
