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Norristown Teen Posted Video Playing With Victim's Gun Before Using It To Kill Her, DA Says Norristown Teen Posted Video Playing With Victim's Gun Before Using It To Kill Her, DA Says
Norristown Teen Posted Video Playing With Victim's Gun Before Using It To Kill Her, DA Says A 16-year-old boy posted a video of himself playing with a 23-year-old Norristown woman's gun moments before he used it to kill her in her own home earlier this month, authorities said Wednesday. Victor Bell Jr. is facing a third-degree murder charge in the Jan. 3 shooting death of Diamond Rahatt, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Norristown Police Chief Mark E. Talbot said. Norristown police responded to 1409 Markley St. around 1:40 p.m. on reports of shots fired, when they found Rahatt in her bedroom with a gunshot wound to her head, authorities said. She was taken …

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by Nicole Acosta
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KNOW ANYTHING? Authorities Investigating Deadly Norristown Shooting KNOW ANYTHING? Authorities Investigating Deadly Norristown Shooting
Know Anything? Authorities Investigating Deadly Norristown Shooting Authorities are seeking the public's help in the investigation of a shooting that left a 21-year-old man dead in Norristown. Norristown police responding to reports of a shooting at 502 W. Lafayette St., found Abdur Rachman Small in the living room, with a gunshot wound in his head on Nov. 20, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Norristown Police Chief Mark E. Talbot said. Small was taken by ambulance to Suburban Community Hospital and later flown to Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia, where he was pronounced dead the following day. An autopsy by the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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DA: Teen Who Lead Illegal PA Firearm Ring, Accidentally Shot Himself Will Stand Trial As Adult DA: Teen Who Lead Illegal PA Firearm Ring, Accidentally Shot Himself Will Stand Trial As Adult
DA: Teen Who Lead Illegal PA Firearm Ring, Accidentally Shot Himself Will Stand Trial As Adult A Norristown teen who accidentally shot himself will be standing trial as an adult for his leadership role in a major Pennsylvania gun trafficking organization, authorities said. Rahajahi Taylor Batchelor, 17, was among nine other adults charged in late September for illegally obtaining and reselling 44 firearms in Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia counties in July and August 2020, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Batchelor was certified as an adult before Judge Cheryl Austin following a lengthy hearing in Juvenile Court on Nov. 24, Steele said alongside …

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by Cecilia Levine