A gunman firing into a Philadelphia home killed a 2-year-old girl and wounded her mother and a man Sunday afternoon, 6 ABC reported. The little girl was shot in the back of the head and pronounced dead on the scene, police said. The 24-year-old mother was hit on the side of the head and in …
Philadelphia police are looking for an “armed and dangerous” man they say threatened his former employer and police officers, NBC 10 reports. Michael John Altomari, 31, had an argument with his girlfriend in the city’s Mayfair neighborhood and then left after loading up several firearms in a duffel bag, police said. The girlfriend said Altomari …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a fellow officer has died from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot. According to Fox News, 27-year-old Dante Austin was the first openly gay deputy in the history of the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office. “Dante was a person who believed in and cared about everybody,” recalled Sheriff Jewell Williams. How do …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a former pro boxer was involved in a standoff with police in Philadelphia earlier this week. According to Fox News, 52-year-old Meldrick Taylor was arrested on Monday, about an hour and a half after he allegedly first barricaded himself inside a ground-floor apartment. “I ain’t coming out,” he reportedly told SWAT …
A Pennsylvania father is under criminal investigation after his 5-year-old son reportedly brought more than 20 vials of crack cocaine to his preschool on Tuesday. WCAU reported that police were called to the St. Cyprian Children’s Center in Philadelphia after a teacher’s aide noticed a student was acting strangely and had a bulge in his …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a pizza delivery driver is dead after an armed robbery they believe was staged at an abandoned structure in Philadelphia. According to People, 30-year-old Bobby Jenkins had just started his position at Stacy’s Pizza a few weeks before he was dispatched to the fatal call on Tuesday evening. Police Capt. Jason …
A 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl was charged as an adult for the murder of her newborn son—who was reportedly found inside a trash bag on New Year’s Eve. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that police arrested Jani Morris after her newborn son was discovered among a pile of trash bags in Philadephia on Monday night. She’s currently facing multiple …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a teen girl is facing criminal charges related to a newborn boy found dead in a dumpster earlier this week. According to WPVI, a woman reported the alleged crime to police officers in North Philadelphia on Monday evening. She reportedly told them that a friend of her daughter gave birth and …
On Friday, a Philadelphia judge reinstated appeal rights to Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther who has been imprisoned since 1982 for fatally shooting an officer. According to WHYY, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker agreed with Abu-Jamal’s lawyers that Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Ronald Castille shouldn’t have presided over the 64-year-old’s multiple appeals. Castille was a …
Police in Philadelphia continue to investigate after four people were found shot execution-style in the basement of a home undergoing renovation. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the bodies of two unidentified men and women were discovered in the West Philadelphia home at around noon on Monday. Police said all four victims had gunshot wounds to the …
Authorities in Pennsylvania have arrested a suspect following the murder of a model at her home last week. According to WPVI, 30-year-old Johnstown resident Jonathan Wesley Harris was arrested on suspicion of charges including first-, second- and third-degree murder, robbery and theft. Christina Kraft, whose work as a model has appeared in a variety of …
A Philadelphia man who grabbed international headlines last year when he used his last $20 to help a stranded motorist said he’s homeless again—and the woman he helped, along with her boyfriend, and are possibly spending the $400,000 they raised on his behalf on their own indulgences. Kate McClure, 28, and boyfriend Mark D’Amico, 39, …
